Environment quality predicts parental provisioning decisions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1430, 1999, Pages 1791-1797

  Davis, Jennifer Nerissa ^a   Todd, Peter M ^a   Bullock, Seth ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Decision making; Optimality modelling; Parental investment; Sialia mexicana; Western bluebird

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; HABITAT QUALITY; PARENTAL CARE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING; FOWL; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033533572     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0848     Document Type: Article

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