Effects of paternal care on reproductive success in the polygynous spotless starling Sturnus unicolor

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 47-53

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Veiga, José P ^a   Cordero, Pedro J ^a   Mínguez, Eduardo ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Paternal care; Polygyny; Reproductive success; Starlings; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSERIFORMES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS UNICOLOR; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0033383582     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050648     Document Type: Article

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