Biparental care in house sparrows: Negotiation or sealed bid?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 713-721

  Schwagmeyer, P L ^a   Mock, Douglas W ^a   Parker, Geoffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Evolutionarily stable strategy; House sparrows; Monogamy; Parental care; Passer domesticus

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FOOD PROVISIONING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0036747480     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.5.713     Document Type: Article

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