No evidence for differential maternal allocation to offspring in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 340-346

  Mazuc, Jérémy ^a,b   Chastel, Olivier ^b   Sorci, Gabriele ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Badge size; Reproductive investment; Sexual selection; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL CARE; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GALLUS GALLUS; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038322975     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.3.340     Document Type: Article

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