Hard work impinges on fitness: An experimental study with zebra finches

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 173-179

  Deerenberg, Charlotte ^a,b,c   Overkamp, Gerard J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY USE; FITNESS; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0032797888     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1123     Document Type: Article

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