Parental investment strategies in two species of nuthatch vary with stage-specific predation risk and reproductive effort

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-267

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

SITTA CANADENSIS; SITTA CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 0033826762     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1472     Document Type: Article

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