Will male advertisement be a reliable indicator of paternal care, if offspring survival depends on male care?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1670, 2009, Pages 3175-3183

  Kelly, Natasha B ^a   Alonzo, Suzanne H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Male allocation; Parental care; Reproductive strategies; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; PATERNAL CARE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; FATHER; FITNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 68849103800     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0599     Document Type: Article

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