Current versus future reproduction: An experimental test of parental investment decisions using nest desertion by mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 264-273

  Ackerman, Joshua T ^a   Eadie, John McA ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Clutch size; Nest desertion; Offspring age; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

NEST; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATERNAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; PLATYRHYNCHOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041473925     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0628-x     Document Type: Article

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