Low Extrapair Paternity Observed in a Tropical Bird Despite Ample Opportunities for Extrapair Mating

The occurrence of extrapair paternity (EPP) in socially monogamous species varies greatly among species and across latitudes. Recent work suggests that birds residing in less seasonal, tropical environments will have lower levels of EPP than seasonal tropical and temperate species. Less seasonal tro...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Auk 2013-10, Vol.130 (4), p.733-741
Hauptverfasser:	Tarwater, Corey E, Brawn, Jeffrey D, Maddox, J. Dylan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	adult survival adults Animal breeding Animal nesting Animal reproduction Animal social behavior Aves Birds Black-crowned Antshrike Breeding breeding density Breeding seasons breeding synchrony extrapair paternity Female animals females Genetic loci Head cheese latitude Male animals males Mating behavior microsatellites monogamy Mortality Nonnative species Offspring Passeriformes paternity prediction progeny Reproductive and Breeding Biology Seasons Thamnophilus atrinucha tropical Tropical environments tropics Western Slaty Antshrike
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