Socially mediated trade-offs between aggression and parental effort in competing color morphs

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-464

  Pryke, Sarah R ^a   Griffith, Simon C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dominance; Gouldian finch; Life history trade offs; Paren tal care; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BROOD SIZE; COLOR MORPH; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; FITNESS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; OPTIMIZATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; POLYMORPHISM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TIME ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCH; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCHES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ERYTHRURA GOULDIAE;

EID: 70349416593     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605376     Document Type: Article

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