Female brood desertion increases with number of available mates in the Rock Sparrow

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 68-72

  Pilastro, Andrea ^a   Biddau, Luca ^b   Marin, Guglielmo ^a   Mingozzi, Toni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Università della Calabria ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE BROODING; NEST DESERTION; PATERNAL CARE; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ALPS; ITALY;

PETRONIA PETRONIA;

EID: 0035093650     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2001.320109.x     Document Type: Article

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