Postcopulatory mechanisms of inbreeding avoidance in the island endemic hihi (Notiomystis cincta)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-284

  Brekke, Patricia ^a,b   Wang, Jinliang ^a   Bennett, Peter M ^c   Cassey, Phillip ^d   Dawson, Deborah A ^b   Horsburgh, Gavin J ^b   Ewen, John G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

extrapair paternity; genetic compatibility; inbreeding avoidance; kin recognition; random mating; stitchbird

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INCOMPATIBILITY; ISLAND; KIN RECOGNITION; MORTALITY; NATAL DISPERSAL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

AVES; NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA;

EID: 84863257700     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr183     Document Type: Article

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