Energy expenditure, nestling age, and brood size: An experimental study of parental behavior in the great tit Parus major

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 598-606

  Sanz, Juan J ^a,b   Tinbergen, Joost M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Doubly labeled water technique; Energy expenditure; Great tits; Parental care; Parus major

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOMANIPULATION; BROOD SIZE; ENERGY USE; MATERNAL CARE; NESTLING; PASSERINE;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032693182     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.5.598     Document Type: Article

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