Male-only care and classical polyandry in birds: Phylogeny, ecology and sex differences in remating opportunities

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1419, 2002, Pages 283-293

  Owens, Ian P F ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Male only care; Mating systems; Parental care; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

BIRD; PATERNAL CARE; PHYLOGENY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING; OOCYTE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037192373     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.0929     Document Type: Article

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