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David F. Westneat

Researcher at University of Kentucky

Publications -  123
Citations -  7751

David F. Westneat is an academic researcher from University of Kentucky. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Animal ecology. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 116 publications receiving 6975 citations. Previous affiliations of David F. Westneat include University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Cornell University.

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Density and extra-pair fertilizations in birds: a comparative analysis

TL;DR: Comparisons among species revealed no evidence that EPF frequencies correlated with nesting dispersion, local breeding density, or (3) breeding synchrony, even when each of these variables in turn was held constant and phylogenetic relationships were taken into account via contrast analyses.
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Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

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- 24 Mar 2011 - 
TL;DR: It is argued that inclusive fitness theory has been of little value in explained the natural world, and that it has led to negligible progress in explaining the evolution of eusociality, but these arguments are based upon a misunderstanding of evolutionary theory and a misrepresentation of the empirical literature.
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Genetic parentage in the indigo bunting: a study using DNA fingerprinting

TL;DR: Parentage of nestlings in a North Carolina population of indigo buntings was analyzed using DNA fingerprinting, finding that young males tended to be excluded less often than older males, wing length and weight were not associated with the frequency of exclusion, and weight and wing length of females also were notassociated with involvement in EPCs.