Male parental care, female reproductive success, and extrapair paternity

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-168

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Direct fitness benefits; Indirect fitness benefits; Paternal care; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034090841     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.2.161     Document Type: Article

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