Parental care and sexual selection in the bluethroat, Luscinia s. svecica: A field-experimental test of the differential allocation hypothesis

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 651-663

  Rohde, Percy A ^a,b   Johnsen, Arild ^a   Lifjeld, Jan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

LUSCINIA SVECICA;

EID: 0032839118     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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