Male health status, signalled by courtship display, reveals ejaculate quality and hatching success in a lekking species

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 843-850

  Chargé, Rémi ^a,b   Jalme, Michel Saint ^a   Lacroix, Frédéric ^b   Cadet, Adeline ^b   Sorci, Gabriele ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation (ECWP)   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Embryo mortality; Fertilization; Inflammation; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EMBRYO; FECAL COLIFORM; FITNESS; HATCHING; LEK; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MORTALITY; PHOSPHATE; POLYSACCHARIDE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA UNDULATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COURTSHIP; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COURTSHIP; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77957674348     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01696.x     Document Type: Article

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