The parental investment strategy of an avian cooperative breeder differs between a fragmented and an unfragmented landscape

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 809-814

  Luck, Gary W ^a,b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Cooperative breeding; Habitat fragmentation; Nestling provisioning; Parental investment; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0036920050     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/343881     Document Type: Note

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