Different reproductive tactics in male collared flycatchers signalled by size of secondary sexual character

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1433, 1999, Pages 2089-2093

  Qvarnström, Anna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Honest signalling; Mating strategy; Parental investment; Reproductive tactics; Secondary sexual character; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPETITION; FEEDING; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033595820     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0892     Document Type: Article

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