Sex-biased parental investment is correlated with mate ornamentation in eastern bluebirds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 727-734

  Ligon, Russell A ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

colour; eastern bluebird; honest signal; ornament; parental behaviour; plumage; resource allocation; sex ratio; Sialia sialis

Indexed keywords

GENE; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

AVES; SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 76449116498     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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