Addition of arthropod cocoons to house wren nests is correlated with delayed pairing

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Eckerle, Kevin P ^a   Thompson, Charles F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female choice; House wrens; Nest building; Sexual selection; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTHROPODA; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 12244298484     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh122     Document Type: Article

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