Males are sensitive - sex-dependent effect of rearing conditions on nestling growth

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1555-1562

  Rosivall, Balázs ^a   Szöllosi, Eszter ^a   Hasselquist, Dennis ^b   Török, János ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental conditions; Environmental sensitivity; Extra pair paternity; Ficedula albicollis; Offspring development; Sex allocation; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLEDGING; GROWTH CURVE; MALE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; REARING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 77956881009     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0969-1     Document Type: Article

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