Condition- and parasite-dependent expression of a male-like trait in a female bird

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 364-367

  Martinez Padilla, J ^a,b   Vergara, P ^a,b   Perez Rodriguez L ^a,b,c   Mougeot, F ^d   Casas, F ^b,c   Ludwig, S C ^e   Haines, J A ^b   Zeineddine, M ^b   Redpath, S M ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^e KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Body condition; Comb size; Female; Red grouse; Trichostrongylus tenuis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; AGE CLASS; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; DATA SET; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GAMEBIRD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; NEMATODE; ORNAMENTATION; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMB; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; COMB AND WATTLES; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; SEASONS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 80051699363     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0991     Document Type: Article

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