Endogenous testosterone is not associated with the trade-off between paternal and mating effort

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 601-608

  Eikenaar, Cas ^a   Whitham, Megan ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^b   Van Der Velde, Marco ^b   Moore, Ignacio T ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

barn swallow; endogenous testosterone; extrapair; mating effort; nestling feeding; paternal effort

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; TESTOSTERONE; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; HIRUNDO;

EID: 79955452215     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr030     Document Type: Article

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