Maternal investment in eggs is affected by male feet colour and breeding conditions in the blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1899-1908

  Dentressangle, Fabrice ^a   Boeck, Lourdes ^b   Torres, Roxana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Egg quality; Laying asynchrony; Maternal effects; Sexual traits; Sula nebouxii; Yolk androgens

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

SULA NEBOUXII;

EID: 51849110674     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0620-6     Document Type: Article

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