Asymmetric costs favor female desertion in the facultatively polyandrous northern flicker (Colaptes auratus): A removal experiment

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 429-437

  Wiebe, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desertion; Monogamy; Parental care; Reproductive success; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD DESERTION; MONOGAMY; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; COLAPTES AURATUS; PICIDAE;

EID: 15244347089     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0878-2     Document Type: Article

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