Provisioning rules and chick competition in asynchronously hatching common terns (Sterna hirundo)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 456-465

  Smith, Tasha E ^a   Leonard, Marty L ^a   Smith, Barry D ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common tern; Competition; Hatching asynchrony; Provisioning; Sterna hirundo

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOOD PROVISIONING; HATCHING; NESTLING; SEABIRD;

AVES; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 27744465090     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0956-0     Document Type: Article

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