Begging affects parental effort in the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 381-384

  Ottosson, Ulf ^a   Bäckman, Johan ^a   Smith, Henrik G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Begging; Ficedula hypoleuca; Parent offspring conflict; Parental provisioning; Pied flycatcher

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOUR; PARENTAL EFFORT; PIED FLYCATCHER;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 2642684546     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050399     Document Type: Article

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