Single paternity of clutches in American Woodcock
Program for the One Hundred and Eighteenth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union in conjunction with the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Societe des Ornithologistes du Canada and the British Ornithologists' Union, August 14-19, 2000. OCLC: 45282415
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Abstract
Based on behavioral observations, the mating system of American Woodcock has been variously described as monogamous, a dispersed lek, or resource defense polygyny. Males perform elaborate mating displays that attract females to their display sites where copulations occur. We used microsatellite markers, developed for Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax), to assess paternity in American Woodcock. In 3 yr, we collected blood samples from 21 females and broods and 90 males. We found no evidence of multiple paternity within broods; paternity in all broods could be explained by 1 father. For 8 broods, we were able to infer probable fathers from males we sampled in the field. All 8 broods were found close to the singing site of the male or males that matched as possible fathers. Two males may have fathered 2 broods each, suggesting that polygyny may be a component of the woodcock mating system.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Single paternity of clutches in American Woodcock |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Publisher location | St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 154 |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Living on the Edge -- Birds 2000: Abstracts |
| First page | 120 abstra |
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