The evolution of sex roles in birds is related to adult sex ratio

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liker, András ^a,b   Freckleton, Robert P ^a   Székely, Tamás ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARENTAL CARE; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; WADER; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AVES;

EID: 84875848100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2600     Document Type: Article

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