Parental allocation of food to nestling tree swallows: The influence of nestling behaviour, sex and paternity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1203-1210

  Whittingham, Linda A ^a   Dunn, Peter O ^a   Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0042912942     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2178     Document Type: Article

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