Male house wrens provide more parental provisioning to nests with a brighter artificial egg

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 508-515

  Walters, Lindsey A ^a,b   Olszewski, Nathan ^a   Sobol, Kevin ^a  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

egg color; House Wren; protoporphyrin; provisioning; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; ENDOGENOUS CUE; HETEROCYCLIC OXYGEN COMPOUND; MALE BEHAVIOR; NEST GUARDING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

AVES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 84939224384     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/13-221.1     Document Type: Article

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