Male extrapair nestlings fledge first

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1335-1343

  Schlicht, Lotte ^a   Girg, Alexander ^a   Loës, Peter ^a   Valcu, Mihai ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Cyanistes caeruleus; Extrapair paternity; Fledging; Maternal effects; Promiscuity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FLEDGING; MATERNAL EFFECT; NESTLING; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PATERNITY; SIBLING; SONGBIRD;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 84861839717     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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