Alternative matings and the opportunity costs of paternal care in house sparrows

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1108-1114

  Schwagmeyer, P L ^a   Parker, Patricia G ^b   Mock, Douglas W ^a   Schwabl, Hubert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extrapair fertilizations; opportunity costs,; parental care; polygyny; testosterone

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PATERNAL CARE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84865803468     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars080     Document Type: Article

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