- 著者
- NIHEI Yoshiaki HIGUCHI Hiroyoshi
- 出版者
- 東北大学文学研究科心理学研究室
- 雑誌
- Tohoku psychologica folia (ISSN:00408743)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.60, pp.93-97, 2002-07-01
1 0 0 0 OA Low level of extra-pair paternity in a population of the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica gutturalis
- 著者
- Hasegawa Masaru Arai Emi Kojima Wataru Kitamura Wataru Fujita Go Higuchi Hiroyoshi Watanabe Mamoru Nakamura Masahiko
- 出版者
- 日本鳥学会
- 雑誌
- Ornithological science (ISSN:13470558)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.9, no.2, pp.161-164, 2010-12
- 被引用文献数
- 24 3
On average, male birds other than social father sire more than 10% of all offspring. Levels of extra-pair paternity below 5% of offspring are rarely found and are now considered worthy of explanation in monogamous birds. We recorded the lowest levels of paternity loss ever reported in a population of Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica. The levels of extra-pair paternity were below 5% of offspring (7/243 in 2005 and 1/53 in 2006). We discuss our results in relation to the density-dependence of extra-pair paternity.