Parental and mating effort: Is there necessarily a trade-off?

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1101-1126

  Stiver, Kelly A ^a   Alonzo, Suzanne H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 70449602348     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01707.x     Document Type: Article

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