Eavesdropping on Male Singing Interactions Leads to Differential Allocation in Eggs

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 662-670

  Garcia Fernandez, Violaine ^a   Amy, Mathieu ^a   Lacroix, André ^b   Malacarne, Giorgio ^c   Leboucher, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^c UNIPMN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SONG; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE;

PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PASSERI; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 77954573232     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01784.x     Document Type: Article

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