Negotiation of parental care when the stakes are high: Experimental handicapping of one partner during incubation leads to short-term generosity

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Wiebe, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Game theory; Incubation; Sexual conflict; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAME THEORY; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PAIR BOND; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

AVES; COLAPTES AURATUS;

EID: 72449142265     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01614.x     Document Type: Article

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