Nest building, sexual selection and parental investment

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 427-441

  Soler, Juan José ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b   Soler, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Nest building; Parental investment; Sexual selection; Signal

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NEST BUILDING; NEST SIZE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0031969981     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006520821219     Document Type: Article

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