Opposite differential allocation by males and females of the same species

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

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

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blue tits; Differential allocation; Mate attractiveness; Parental effort; Reproductive compensation; UV coloration

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; COLOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; NETHERLANDS; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872018180     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0835     Document Type: Article

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