Males feeding females during incubation. I. Required by microclimate or constrained by nest predation?

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-139

  Martin, Thomas E ^a   Ghalambor, Cameron K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Incubation behavior; Incubation feeding; Indirect effects; Microclimate; Nest attentiveness; Nest predation

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; MICROCLIMATE; NEST PREDATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

EID: 0033055768     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303153     Document Type: Article

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