Group-size effects and parental investment strategies during incubation in joint-nesting Taiwan Yuhinas (Yuhina brunneiceps)

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 306-312

  Yuan, Hsiao Wei ^a   Shen, Sheng Feng ^a,b   Lin, Kai Yin ^a   Lee, Pei Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; GROUP SIZE; INCUBATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

AVES; YUHINA; YUHINA BRUNNEICEPS;

EID: 25144446748     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-072.1     Document Type: Article

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