Male song quality, egg size and offspring sex in captive canaries (Serinus canaria)

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 554-563

  Leitner, Stefan ^a,b   Marshall, Rupert C ^a   Leisler, Bernd ^b   Catchpole, Clive K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; PARENTAL CARE; SONGBIRD;

AVES; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 33744492859     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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