Social and genetic benefits of parental investment suggest sex differences in selection pressures

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-140

  Schroeder, Julia ^a,b   Cleasby, Ian ^a   Dugdale, Hannah L ^a,c   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a,d   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE COST; SELECTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 84874533794     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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