Risk taking during parental care: A test of the harm-to-offspring hypothesis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-43

  Listøen, Camilla ^a   Karlsen, Robin Fjeld ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Offspring condition; Parental care; Predation risk; Reproductive value

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION RISK;

ACCIPITER NISUS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0034013619     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.1.40     Document Type: Article

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