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Extra-pair paternity in polygynous tree swallows

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Authors
  • Dunn, Peter
  • Robertson, Raleigh J.
Universities
  • Queen‘s University
URL
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347283710298

Summary

In tree swallows DNA fingerprinting revealed that polygynous males were twice as likely to have unrelated young in their nests as monogamous males.

Methodology

Mist nets, banding, nest box checks and blood samples taken

Year
1993
Publication
Animal Behaviour
Volume
45
Pages
231-239
Times cited
68
Disciplines
  • Genetic Ecology
Species
  • Tachycineta bicolor
    Common name
    Tree Swallow

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