Division of labor: Incubation and biparental care in house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

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Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 835-842

  Bartlett, Terri L ^a,b   Mock, Douglas W ^a   Schwagmeyer, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; House Sparrow; Incubation; Parental care; Passer domesticus

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 23044474886     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0835:DOLIAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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