Female extra-pair behaviour and environmental quality in the serin (Serinus serinus): A test of the 'constrained female hypothesis'

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1423, 1999, Pages 1021-1026

  Hoi Leitner, Maria ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^a   Romero Pujante, Mariló ^a   Valera, Francisco ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

'constrained female hypothesis'; DNA fingerprinting; Environmental quality; Extra pair paternity; Food availability; Parental care

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; PASSERINE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SERINUS SERINUS;

EID: 0033594691     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0738     Document Type: Article

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