Mating opportunities, paternity, and sexual conflict: Paternal care in northern and southern temperate house wrens

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-260

  LaBarbera, Katie ^a,d   Lovette, Irby John ^a   Llambías, Paulo Emilio ^b,c  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; House wren; Parental care; Sexual conflict; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD SIZE; DIVERGENCE; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 84857051018     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1273-4     Document Type: Article

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