Same-sex pair-bonds are equivalent to male-female bonds in a life-long socially monogamous songbird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2197-2208

  Elie, Julie E ^a,b,c   Mathevon, Nicolas ^a,b   Vignal, Clémentine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal homosexuality; Pair bond; Partnership; Same sex sexual behavior; Sex ratio; Social network; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

HOMOSEXUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONOGAMY; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL NETWORK; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 80955142873     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1228-9     Document Type: Article

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