Sperm competition and sexually size dimorphic brains in birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1559, 2005, Pages 159-166

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   Erritzøe, Johannes ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Taps Old Rectory   (Denmark)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Brain size; Extra pair paternity; Phylogenetic correlation; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COPULATION; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; FEMALE; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION; THEORY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 16844369042     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2940     Document Type: Article

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