Title: To Guard Mates or Go Forage: Conflicting Demands Affect the Paternity of Male Red-Winged Blackbirds
Abstract: Previous articleNext article No AccessNotes and CommentsTo Guard Mates or Go Forage: Conflicting Demands Affect the Paternity of Male Red-Winged BlackbirdsDavid F. WestneatDavid F. WestneatPDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 144, Number 2Aug., 1994 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/285679 Views: 13Total views on this site Citations: 72Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1994 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Diane V. Roeder, Michael S. Husak, Michael T. Murphy, Michael A. Patten Combined roles for breeding synchrony, habitat and scale as predictors of extrapair paternity, Animal Behaviour 194 (Dec 2022): 139–150.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.09.016Pablo Meza, Damian O. 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