Sex allocation and nestling survival in a dimorphic raptor: Does size matter?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 922-930

  McDonald, Paul G ^a,b,c   Olsen, Penny D ^a   Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian growth rates; Avian nutrition; Nestling food requirements; Sex allocation; Sex biased provisioning; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

NESTLING; RAPTOR; SEX ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL;

AVES; FALCO BERIGORA; RAPTORES;

EID: 23944503093     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari071     Document Type: Article

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