The trade-off between molt and parental care: A sexual conflict in the blue tit?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-98

  Svensson, Erik ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a  

^a Ecology Building   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aves (birds); blue tit; brood size; feeding frequency; life history trade offs; molt; nestling mortality; Paridae; Parus caeruleus; sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

BLUE TIT; MOULD; PARENTAL CARE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 0030618889     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.92     Document Type: Article

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