Trade-off between sexual activities and parental care: An experimental test using handicapped mates

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-164

  Griggio, M ^a   Mingozzi, T ^b   Bortolin, F ^c   Pilastro, A ^c  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Parental effort; Petronia petronia; Rock sparrow; Sexual selection; Soliciting posture

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INGESTION RATE; MATE GUARDING; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTING METHOD;

PASSERIDAE; PETRONIA PETRONIA;

EID: 49049083662     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2008.9522535     Document Type: Article

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