Influence of mating preferences on yolk testosterone in the grey partridge

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-49

  Garcia Fernandez, V ^a   Guasco, B ^b   Tanvez, A ^b   Lacroix, A ^c   Cucco, M ^b   Leboucher, G ^a   Malacarne, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Egg testosterone; Grey partridge; Mate choice; Maternal investment; Perdix perdix

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; EGG; GAMEBIRD; MATE CHOICE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 77955696315     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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