The number of visits to the nest by parents is an accurate measure of food delivered to nestlings in Tree Swallows

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-14

  McCarty, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding rate; Load size; Parental care; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDINIDAE; INSECTA; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0036002354     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-73.1.9     Document Type: Article

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