Safe betting: Males help dull females only when they raise high-quality offspring

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-143

  Morales, Judith ^a,b   Torres, Roxana ^c   Velando, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Differential allocation; Eggshell color; Information exchange; Life history tradeoffs; Parental care; Reproductive compensation; Reproductive value; Sula nebouxii

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; NEST; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATERNAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEABIRD; TRADE-OFF;

SULA NEBOUXII;

EID: 84855204965     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1261-8     Document Type: Article

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