Breaking the rules: Sex roles and genetic mating system of the pheasant coucal

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 413-425

  Maurer, G ^a,e   Double, M C ^b,e   Milenkaya, O ^c   Susser M ^d   Magrath, R D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

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

^d Naturschutzbund Deutschland   (Germany)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Parental care; Polyandry; Sex role reversal; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIRD; BROOD SIZE; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; INCUBATION; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; NESTING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX REVERSAL; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORY; TROPICAL REGION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; NORTHERN TERRITORY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

AVES; CENTROPUS PHASIANINUS;

EID: 80052662995     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2002-4     Document Type: Article

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