Context-dependent development of sexual ornamentation: Implications for a trade-off between current and future breeding efforts

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1277-1287

  Badyaev, A V ^a   Vleck, C M ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history; Moult; Parental care; Prolactin; Sexual ornament development; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

BREEDING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MOLT; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINCH; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; PROLACTIN; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 34250706757     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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