Feathers, suspicions, and infidelities: An experimental study on parental care and certainty of paternity in the blue tit

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 552-561

  García Navas, Vicente ^a   Ortego, Joaquín ^a   Ferrer, Esperanza S ^a   Sanz, Juan José ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanistes caeruleus; Extra pair paternity; Feather carrying; Nest ornamentation; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEATHER; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84879274464     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12079     Document Type: Article

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