Why don't female purple sandpipers perform brood care? A removal experiment

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Pierce, Elin P ^a   Oring, Lewis W ^b   Røskaft, Eivin ^c,d   Lifjeld, Jan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Ecology Evolution and Conservation Biology/186   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brood desertion; Calidris maritima; ESS parental care models; Male parental care; Mate removal experiment; Parental investment; Purple sandpiper; Reproductive strategies; Sex roles; Shorebirds; Uniparental care

Indexed keywords

BROOD DESERTION; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARENTAL CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX ROLE; SURVIVAL; WADER;

AVES; CALIDRIS MARITIMA;

EID: 76749140382     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp187     Document Type: Article

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