Sex-specific costs of reproduction in Eastern Bluebirds Sialia sialis

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-39

  Siefferman, Lynn ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood manipulation; Life history evolution; Multiple clutches; Survival; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARENTAL CARE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; PASSERI; SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 37849052973     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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