Incubation feeding by helpers influences female nest attendance in the green woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 583-588

  Radford, Andrew N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cooperatively breeding; Female nutrition hypothesis; Helper contributions; Load lightening

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FOOD PROVISIONING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCUBATION;

AVES; PHOENICULUS; PHOENICULUS PURPUREUS; PHOENICURUS;

EID: 1942477356     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0747-4     Document Type: Article

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