Patterns of extra-pair paternity in mountain chickadees

Bonderud, ES; Otter, KA; Burg, TM; Marini, KLD; Reudink, MW

Bonderud, ES (reprint author), Univ Northern British Columbia, Nat Resources & Environm Studies, Prince George, BC, Canada.

ETHOLOGY, 2018; 124 (6): 378

Abstract

Extra-pair paternity (EPP) is common in chickadees and often attributed to the good genes hypothesis. Females generally seek dominant males, who are t......

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