Egg investment is influenced by male attractiveness in the mallard

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6773, 2000, Pages 74-77

  Cunningham, Emma J A ^a,b   Russell, Andrew F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DUCK; EGG; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEAUTY; DUCKS; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0034594979     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35003565     Document Type: Article

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