Promiscuity, inbreeding and dispersal propensity in great tits

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1363-1370

  Szulkin, Marta ^a   Chapman, Joanne R ^a,b   Patrick, Samantha C ^a,c   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Extrapair paternity; Extrapair young; Great tit; Inbreeding depression; Mate choice; Outbreeding; Parus major; Promiscuity

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DISPERSAL; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; INBREEDING; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PASSERINE; PATERNITY;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84870414370     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.08.030     Document Type: Article

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