Comparative manipulation of predation risk in incubating birds reveals variability in the plasticity of responses

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-108

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Certhia; Incubation feeding; Nest predation; Parental care; Phenotypic plasticity; Poecile; Sitta

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INCUBATION; NEST PREDATION; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; CERTHIA; POECILE; SITTA;

EID: 0036167009     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.1.101     Document Type: Article

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