Within-clutch variation in yolk androgens in relation to female expression of a male ornament in pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

Ardeola

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 307-315

  Gil, Diego ^a   Lacroix, André ^b   Potti, Jaime ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Female ornamentation; Hatching asynchrony; Pied flycatcher; Testosterone; Yolk androgens

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849117093     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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