Reduction of maternal care: A new benefit of multiple mating?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-93

  Li, Hou Hsien ^a   Brown, Jerram L ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma ultramarina; Communal rearing; Extrapair copulation; Extrapair fertilization; Feeding rates; Helping; Male bias; Mating system; Mexican jays; Multiple mating; Parental care

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEEDING; MATING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MATING; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

APHELOCOMA ULTRAMARINA; AVES;

EID: 0036167008     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.1.87     Document Type: Article

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