Low level of extra-pair paternity in an urban population of blackbirds
AbstractWe studied extra-pair paternity campicon.com in a socially monogamous bird, the European Blackbird (Turdus merula).The research was conducted in an urban park in Poland.We obtained genetic samples from 36 broods (123 nestlings) of 21 unique pairs.The proportion of broods with some extra-pair nestlings was 17.1% (6 broods), and overall, 13.1