Compensatory investment in zebra finches: Females lay larger eggs when paired to sexually unattractive males

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1657, 2009, Pages 707-715

  Bolund, Elisabeth ^a   Schielzeth, Holger ^a   Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Differential allocation hypothesis; Egg resources; Mate attractiveness; Maternal effects; Reproductive investment

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COMPENSATION; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; MATERNAL EFFECT; MONOGAMY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 58249107859     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1251     Document Type: Article

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