Reproductive tactics in the American redstart
The occurrence of three reproductive tactics in a population of American redstarts was estimated: extra-pair fertilization, egg-dumping, and male polyterritoriality. Using DNA fingerprinting we show that none of 108 nestlings samples were the result of egg dumping. In contrast, 40% of nestlings were...
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McGill University
1994
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Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22789 |