Do males and females differ in the feeding of large and small siblings? An experiment with the bluethroat

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 321-328

  Smiseth, Per T ^a   Amundsen, Trond ^a   Hansen, Lars T T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asynchronous hatching; Biparental care; Brood division; Food allocation; Luscinia s. svecica

Indexed keywords

BLUETHROAT; BODY SIZE; FOOD PROVISIONING; NESTLING;

LUSCINIA SVECICA; LUSCINIA SVECICA SVECICA;

EID: 0031835082     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050444     Document Type: Article

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