Male-male competition and parental care in collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis): An experiment controlling for differences in territory quality

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1461, 2000, Pages 2547-2552

  Qvarnstrom A ^a   Griffith, S C ^a   Gustafsson, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct benefits; Female choice; Male male competition; Multiple benefits; Parental care; Resource quality

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FOOD PROVISIONING; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL CARE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 0034704021     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1319     Document Type: Article

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