The manipulation of food resources reveals sex-specific trade-offs between parental self-feeding and offspring care

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1503, 2002, Pages 1931-1938

  Markman, S ^a   Pinshow, B ^a   Wright, J ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Life history; Mobbing; Nestling feeding; Parental care; Sunbirds

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD QUALITY; NEST GUARDING; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; NECTARINIA; NECTARINIA OSEA;

SUCROSE;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; SUCROSE;

EID: 0037159041     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2118     Document Type: Article

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