Faithful females receive more help: The extent of male parental care during incubation in relation to extra-pair paternity in songbirds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-162

  Matysiokova B ^a,b   Remes V ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Comparative analyses; Extra pair fertilization; Male incubation; Nest attentiveness; Relative incubation effort

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCUBATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; STARLING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; STARLINGS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 84871063715     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12039     Document Type: Article

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