The importance of having a partner: Male help releases females from time limitation during incubation in birds

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Matysioková, Beata ^a   Remeš, Vladimír ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Comparative analyses; Food limitation; Latitude; Male incubation; Parental care; Passerines; Paternity; Sexual conflict; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899482637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-24     Document Type: Article

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