Heating nest-boxes reveals an energetic constraint on incubation behaviour in great tits, Parus major

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1415, 1999, Pages 157-162

  Bryan, S M ^a,b   Bryant, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doubly labelled water; Energy expenditure; Great tit; Incubation; Incubation rhythm; Parus major

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; NEST SITE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEATING; HYPOTHESIS; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033593285     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0616     Document Type: Article

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