High opportunity for sexual selection in both sexes of an obligate brood parasitic bird, the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-425

  Woolfenden, Bonnie E ^a,c   Lisle Gibbs, H ^a,d   Sealy, Spencer G ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bateman curves; Brood parasite; Genetic mating system; Sexual selection; Variance in reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; MULTIPLE MATING; POLYGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0036820386     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0529-4     Document Type: Article

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