Authors
  • Lifjeld, Jan T.
  • Dunn, Peter
  • Robertson, Raleigh J.
  • Boag, Peter T.
Universities
URL
https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1993.1029
Long URL
https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/44553873/Extra-pair_paternity_in_monogamous_tree_20160408-29583-lkuyqx.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1528834548&Signature=wd4c%2F94mXJYc%2FMebOcYqOj70wXo%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DExtra-pair_paternity_in_monogamous_tree.pdf

Summary

Multilocus DNA fingerprinting of offspring of monogamous pairs of tree swallows revealed that 50% of broods contained young seed by extra-pair males, totalling 38% of all offspring analysed.

Methodology

Mist nests, blood sample and monitoring