Male quality influences male provisioning in house wrens independent of attractiveness

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1156-1164

  Demory, Megan L ^a   Thompson, Charles F ^a   Sakaluk, Scott K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attractiveness; house wren; mate choice; provisioning; reproductive allocation; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; NEST SITE; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SONGBIRD; TERRITORY;

TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 78649336470     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq123     Document Type: Article

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