Cognitive ability influences reproductive life history variation in the wild

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1808-1812

  Cole, Ella F ^a   Morand Ferron, Julie ^a   Hinks, Amy E ^a   Quinn, John L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; COGNITION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUTCH SIZE; COGNITION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84867404209     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.051     Document Type: Article

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