Male "mixed" reproductive strategies in biparental species: Trivers was probably right, but why?

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-106

  Parker, G A ^a   Schwagmeyer, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Extrapair copulation; Extrapair fertilization; Intraspecific brood parasitism; Mixed reproductive strategy; Mixed strategy; Monogamy; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 13444283572     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426604     Document Type: Article

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