Evolutionary routes to joint-female nesting in birds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 334-344

  Vehrencamp, Sandra L ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird breeding systems; Communal laying; Cooperative nesting; Male incubation; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTION; INCUBATION; PATERNAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 0034035130     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.3.334     Document Type: Article

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