Parental effort of American kestrels: The role of variation in brood size

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 852-860

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COSTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BROOD SIZE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BROOD SIZE; FOOD PROVISIONING; PARENTAL CARE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 0042071271     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-064     Document Type: Article

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