State-dependent incubation behaviour in the zebra finch

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 745-754

  Gorman, Helen E ^a,b   Nager, Ruedi G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; DIET; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0037392954     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2120     Document Type: Article

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