Adaptive plasticity in mate preference linked to differences in reproductive effort

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6784, 2000, Pages 344-347

  Qvarnström, Anna ^a,d   Pärt, Tomas ^b,d   Sheldon, Ben C ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; MATE CHOICE; PATCH SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; MALE; MATING; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 0343674009     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35012605     Document Type: Article

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