Brood desertion by female shorebirds: A test of the differential parental capacity hypothesis on Kentish plovers

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1458, 2000, Pages 2171-2176

  Amat, J A ^a   Visser, G H ^a   Perez Hurtado, A ^a   Arroyo, G M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body condition; Brood desertion; Incubation costs; Parental care

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; NEST DESERTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; WADER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 0034619353     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1265     Document Type: Article

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