Serial monogamy and sex ratio bias in Nazca boobies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1621, 2007, Pages 2047-2054

  Maness, Terri J ^a   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Divorce; Mate choice; Multi state mark recapture models; Operational sex ratio; Serial monogamy

Indexed keywords

INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATING; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SULA GRANTI;

SULA GRANTI;

EID: 34547218015     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0578     Document Type: Article

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