Risk taking during parental care: A test of three hypotheses applied to the pied flycatcher

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-42

  Dale, Svein ^a,b   Gustavsen, Roar ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Parental care; Predation risk; Reproductive value; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL CARE; PIED FLYCATCHER; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE VALUE; RISK TAKING;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0029660515     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050264     Document Type: Article

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