Genetic evidence of extra-pair paternity and intraspecific brood parasitism in the monk parakeet

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Martínez, Juan José ^a,d   De Aranzamendi, María Carla ^a   Masello, Juan F ^b   Bucher, Enrique H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Breeding biology; Extra pair paternity; Intra brood parasitism; Parrots

Indexed keywords

MYIOPSITTA; MYIOPSITTA MONACHUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 84887095465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-68     Document Type: Article

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