Costs and benefits of parental care in eastern kingbirds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 250-259

  Maigret, Jennifer L ^a   Murphy, Michael T ^a,b  

^a HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Clutch size; Cost of reproduction; Feeding rate; Individual optimization; Kingbird; Parental care; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EASTERN KINGBIRD; FEEDING RATE; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

TYRANNUS TYRANNUS;

EID: 0030619859     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.3.250     Document Type: Article

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