Decomposing variation in male reproductive success: Age-specific variances and covariances through extra-pair and within-pair reproduction

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 872-883

  Lebigre, Christophe ^a,b   Arcese, Peter ^c   Reid, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age specific reproduction; Extra pair paternity; Fitness; Lifetime reproductive success; Opportunity for selection; Polygynandry; Variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FITNESS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPARROW;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SPARROWS;

EID: 84879179480     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12063     Document Type: Article

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