Parental care and UV coloration in blue tits: Opposite correlations in males and females between provisioning rate and mate's coloration

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 017-026

  Limbourg, Tobias ^a   Mateman, A Christa ^a   Lessells, C M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; COLOR; FEMALE; FOOD PROVISIONING; MALE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPE; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 84871935062     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05575.x     Document Type: Article

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