Effect of group size on field metabolic rate of arabian babblers provisioning nestlings

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 376-380

  Anava, Avner ^a   Kam, Michael ^a   Shkolnik, Amiram ^b   Degen, A Allan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabian Babbler; Cooperative breeding; Desert passerine; Field metabolic rate; Group size; Provisioning nestlings; Turdoides squamiceps

Indexed keywords

TURDOIDES SQUAMICEPS;

EID: 0035004991     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0376:EOGSOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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