Relationship between brood sex ratio and male ornaments depends on male age in a warbler

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 619-625

  Taff, Conor C ^a   Freeman Gallant, Corey R ^b   Dunn, Peter O ^c   Whittingham, Linda A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age dependent signalling; Brood sex ratio; Ornamentation; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGE; BROOD SIZE; MALE; NESTLING; ORNAMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS;

EID: 79851513541     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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