Genetic mating system and timing of extra-pair fertilizations in the Kentish plover

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-39

  Küpper, Clemens ^a   Kis, János ^b   Kosztolányi, András ^c   Székely, Tamás ^d   Cuthill, Innes C ^e   Blomqvist, Donald ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; DNA fingerprinting; Mate availability; Mate choice; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WADER;

AVES; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 8744245350     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0832-3     Document Type: Article

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