Experimental evidence for food limitation and sex-specific strategies of American kestrels (Falco sparverius) provisioning offspring

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-52

  Dawson, Russell D ^a,b   Bortolotti, Gary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American kestrels; Offspring quality and survival; Prey abundance; Provisioning; Supplemental food

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD PROVISIONING; RAPTOR; REARING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AVES; FALCO; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036626395     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0486-y     Document Type: Article

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