Quality of breeding territory mediates the influence of paternal quality on sex ratio bias in a free-living bird population

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 352-358

  Bell, Sophie C ^a   Owens, Ian P F ^a,b   Lord, Alexa M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanistes caeruleus; Male condition; Recruitment; Scaled mass index; Sex allocation; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FITNESS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MATE ATTRACTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; TERRITORY;

EID: 84898716624     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art112     Document Type: Article

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