Sex allocation and parental quality in tree swallows

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1243-1249

  Delmore, Kira E ^a,c   Kleven, Oddmund ^b   Laskemoen, Terje ^b   Crowe, Susan A ^a   Lifjeld, Jan T ^b   Robertson, Raleigh J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extrapair paternity; Maternal condition; Sex ratio; Tachycineta bicolor

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 56449114001     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn081     Document Type: Article

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