Certainty of paternity and paternal effort in the collared flycatcher

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 421-428

  Sheldon, Ben C ^a   Räsänen, Katja ^a,b   Dias, Paula C ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Certainty of paternity; Collared flycatcher; Ficedula albicollis; Optimality; Paternal care; Paternity

Indexed keywords

COLLARED FLYCATCHER; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATERNITY;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 0030811189     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.4.421     Document Type: Article

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