Sex ratios and sexual selection in socially monogamous zebra finches

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 626-635

  Burley, Nancy Tyler ^a   Calkins, Jennifer Devlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential access; Differential allocation; Parental investment; Sex ratio; Sexual selection; Social monogamy; Zebra finches

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TAENIOPYGYIA; TAENIOPYGYIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0033383631     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.6.626     Document Type: Article

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