Parental-care responses by yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia) to simultaneous manipulations of food abundance and brood size

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 916-924

  Lozano, G A ^a,b   Lemon, R E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

DENDROICA PETECHIA;

EID: 0031731980     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-76-5-916     Document Type: Article

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