Declining extra-pair paternity with laying order associated with initial incubation behavior, but independent of final clutch size in the blue tit
Although functional explanations for female engagement in extra-pair copulation have been studied extensively in birds, little is known about how extra-pair paternity is linked to other fundamental aspects of avian reproduction. However, recent studies indicate that the occurrence of extra-pair offs...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2011
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299961/ |