Sex differences in parental care in the common swift (Apus apus): Effect of brood size and nestling age

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1382-1387

  Carere, Claudio ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL CARE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

APUS (BIRD); APUS APUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032450701     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-073     Document Type: Article

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