Phylogenetic constraint on male parental care in the dabbling ducks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1421, 1999, Pages 759-763

  Johnson, Kevin P ^a,c   McKinney, Frank ^a   Sorenson, Michael D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anas; Comparative analysis; Constraint

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MALE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PHYLOGENETICS; WATERFOWL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCK; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033594452     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0702     Document Type: Article

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