Is there a trade-off between caring for offspring and territorial aggression in tropical male rufous-collared sparrows (Zonotrichia capensis)?

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1819-1839

  Class, Alexandra M ^a   Moore, Ignacio T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

life history trade offs; paternal care; reproduction; territorial aggression; tropics

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERIDAE; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 78649575659     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X538296     Document Type: Article

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