Quality vs. quantity: Energetic and nutritional trade-offs in parental provisioning strategies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 620-634

  Wright, J ^a,b   Both, C ^a,c   Cotton, P A ^a   Bryant, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chick nutrition; Diet choice; Energetic costs; Parental care; Starlings

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING; PARENTAL CARE; TRADE-OFF;

STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031829785     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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