Examining the social landscapes of alternative reproductive strategies

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2395-2408

  Formica, V A ^a   Tuttle, E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive strategies; Environmental heterogeneity; Extra pair parentage; Geographical information systems; Restricted maximum likelihood; Social niche; Social selection; White throated sparrow

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GIS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARENTAGE; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROW; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROWS; TERRITORIALITY;

ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 72449177359     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01855.x     Document Type: Article

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