Food patch use by parent birds: To gather food for themselves or for their chicks?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 747-755

  Markman, Shai ^a,c   Pinshow, Berry ^a   Wright, Jonathan ^b,d   Kotler, Burt P ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioural titration; Foraging; Nectarinia osea; Parental care; Sunbirds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PATCH USE;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MUSCA DOMESTICA; NECTARINIA; NECTARINIA OSEA;

EID: 3142700920     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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