Delayed Breeding Affects Lifetime Reproductive Success Differently in Male and Female Green Woodhoopoes

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 844-849

  Hawn, Amanda T ^a   Radford, Andrew N ^b   du Plessis, Morné A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

PHOENICULUS PURPUREUS;

EID: 34247893921     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.036     Document Type: Article

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