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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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Autores principales: Vedder, Oscar, Magrath, Michael J. L., Niehoff, Daphne L., van der Velde, Marco, Komdeur, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22448086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-011-1308-x