Properties of food loads delivered to nestlings in the pied flycatcher: Effects of clutch size manipulation, year, and sex

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-585

  Siikamaki P ^a,c   Haimi, J ^a   Hovi, M ^a   Ratti O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Food provisioning; Foraging behavior; Load; Reproductive effort

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 2642647822     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050555     Document Type: Article

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