Consequences of experimentally elevated yolk testosterone levels for intra- and inter-sexual selection in canaries

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1299-1309

  Vergauwen, Jonas ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   Müller, Wendt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Fitness; Maternal effects; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; OVIPARITY; PAIR BOND; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; TESTOSTERONE;

SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 84904565342     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1740-9     Document Type: Article

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