Elaborately ornamented males avoid costly parental care in the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus): A proximate perspective

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-183

  Duckworth, R A ^a   Badyaev, A V ^b   Parlow, A F ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

House finch; Life history; Prolactin; Reproductive tactic; Sexual ornament

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARPODACUS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 1642546439     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0671-7     Document Type: Article

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