Multiple paternity in polyandrous barn owls (Tyto alba).

Multiple paternity in polyandrous barn owls (Tyto alba).

In polyandrous species females produce successive clutches with several males. Female barn owls (Tyto alba) often desert their offspring and mate to produce a 2(nd) annual brood with a second male. We tested whether copulating during chick rearing at the 1(st) annual brood increases the male's...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Henry, Sylvain Antoniazza, Sylvain Dubey, Céline Simon, Céline Waldvogel, Reto Burri, Alexandre Roulin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3823852?pdf=render

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