Effects of experimentally increased costs of activity during reproduction on parental investment and self-maintenance in tropical house wrens

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 949-959

  Tieleman, B Irene ^a,b   Dijkstra, Thomas H ^b   Klasing, Kirk C ^c   Visser, G Henk ^b   Williams, Joseph B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Handicap experiment; Life history evolution; Physiological trade offs

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; FITNESS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; METABOLISM; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AVES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 51749084685     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn051     Document Type: Article

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