Bateman's principle is reversed in a cooperatively breeding bird

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Apakupakul, Kathleen ^a   Rubenstein, Dustin R ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bateman gradient; Bateman's principle; Cooperative breeding; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; LAMPROTORNIS SUPERBUS; STURNIDAE;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STARLING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STARLINGS;

EID: 84929094306     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0034     Document Type: Article

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