Male rock sparrows adjust their breeding strategy according to female ornamentation: Parental or mating investment?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-271

  Pilastro, Andrea ^a   Griggio, Matteo ^a   Matessi, Giuliano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AVES; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PETRONIA PETRONIA;

EID: 0043244868     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2203     Document Type: Article

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