Experimental manipulation of brood reduction and parental care in cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 683-691

  Boland, Christopher R J ^a   Heinsohn, Robert ^a   Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brood reduction; Cooperative breeding; Corcorax melanorhamphos; Food supplementation experiments; Hatching asynchrony

Indexed keywords

BROOD REDUCTION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PARENTAL CARE; SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING;

CORCORAX MELANORHAMPHOS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030777297     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5921     Document Type: Article

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