Does hatching failure breed infidelity?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-127

  Ihle, Malika ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a   Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; HATCHING; INCOMPATIBILITY; INFERTILITY; MONOGAMY; PAIR BOND; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84871248849     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars142     Document Type: Review

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