Male parental care promotes early fledging in an open-nester, the Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-235

  Bjørnstad, Gro ^a   Lifjeld, Jan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; PARENTAL CARE; WILLOW WARBLER;

PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS; SYLVIIDAE;

EID: 0029775923     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb04333.x     Document Type: Article

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