Investment in eggs is influenced by male coloration in the ostrich, Struthio camelus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1027-1032

  Bonato, Maud ^a   Evans, Matthew R ^b   Cherry, Michael I ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

courtship display; egg mass; maternal investment; microsatellite marker; ostrich; parentage determination; spectrophotometry; Struthio camelus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COURTSHIP; DIMORPHISM; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FEATHER; GENETIC MARKER; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PARENTAGE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATERNITY; PIGMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 64549120658     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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