Song as a signal to negotiate a sexual conflict?

Animal Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-171

  Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daily energy expenditure; Differential allocation; Multiple breeding; Parus major

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MULTIPLE BROODING; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SONG;

PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 1342288700     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075603769700359     Document Type: Article

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