Seasonal variation in male-female competition, cooperation and selfish hoarding in a monogamous songbird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1175-1183

  Steer, Jamie ^a   Burns, K C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cache; Monogamy; Parental care; Sexual conflict; Songbird

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY; PARENTAL CARE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SONGBIRD;

HEXAPODA; PASSERI; PETROICA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 42449149461     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0546-z     Document Type: Article

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