Polygyny and its fitness consequences for primary and secondary female pied flycatchers

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1594, 2006, Pages 1681-1688

  Huk, Thomas ^a   Winkel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Fitness; Genetic quality; Grandoffspring; Polygyny; Sexy sons

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FITNESS; PARENTAL CARE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 33747201410     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3485     Document Type: Article

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