Incubation behavior of Long-tailed Tits: Why do males provision incubating females

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 681-686

  Hatchwell, B J ^a   Fowlie, M K ^a   Ross, D J ^a   Russell, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegithalos caudatus; Courtship feeding; Incubation; Long tailed Tit

Indexed keywords

AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS;

EID: 0032772987     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370201     Document Type: Article

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