Do males offset the cost of female aggression? An experimental test in a biparental songbird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-168

  Rosvall, Kimberly A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Differential allocation; Female aggression; Parental care; Trade off; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ASSORTATIVE MATING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MORTALITY; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; PASSERI; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 72649096176     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp167     Document Type: Article

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