No evidence of extra-pair paternity in a colonial seabird, the common tern (Sterna hirundo)
The incidence of extra-pair paternity and egg dumping was investigated in a colony of common terns (Sterna hirundo), a colonial seabird, in the Venetian lagoon. Ten families were sampled and multilocus DNA fingerprinting analysis was performed. No indication of extra-pair paternity or egg dumping wa...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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| Online Access: | https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/no-evidence-of-extrapair-paternity-in-a-colonial-seabird-the-common-tern-sterna-hirundo(a0556f80-74c3-11db-bee9-02004c4f4f50).html |
| Summary: | The incidence of extra-pair paternity and egg dumping was investigated in a colony of common terns (Sterna hirundo), a colonial seabird, in the Venetian lagoon. Ten families were sampled and multilocus DNA fingerprinting analysis was performed. No indication of extra-pair paternity or egg dumping was found in any of the families. The results are discussed in the light of life-history strategies, the benefits of coloniality and the evolution of adoption behaviour in the species. |
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