Are there indirect fitness benefits of female extra-pair reproduction? Lifetime reproductive success of within-pair and extra-pair offspring

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 779-793

  Sardell, Rebecca J ^a,b   Arcese, Peter ^c   Keller, Lukas F ^d   Reid, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Fitness; Genetic benefits; Half sibling; Indirect selection; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOGAMY; PARENTAGE; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIBLING; SONGBIRD; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPARROWS;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 84861412725     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665665     Document Type: Article

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