Hatching asynchrony, brood reduction, and food limitation in a neotropical parrot

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-154

  Stoleson, Scott H ^a   Beissinger, Steven R ^a,b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood reduction; Fledging success; Food limitation; Forpus passerinus; Green rumped Parrotlet; Growth rate; Hatching asynchrony; Mark recapture; Parrot; Reproductive effort; Survival; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

FORPUS PASSERINUS;

BROOD REDUCTION; FOOD LIMITATION; GREEN-RUMPED PARROTLET; HATCHING ASYNCHRONY;

EID: 0031284517     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1997)067[0131:HABRAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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