Polygyny in the tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor: A result of the cost of searching for an unmated male

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-295

  Ferretti, Valentina ^a,b   Winkler, David W ^a  

^a Cornell Univ ^*  (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; MATE LOCATION; NEST PREDATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SURVIVAL;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 65649136618     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04519.x     Document Type: Article

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