Intraspecific adoption and foster feeding of fledglings in the North Island robin

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-217

  Berggren, Åsa ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption; Fledgling; Foster parenting; Intergenerational conflict; North Island robin; Passerine; Petroica longipes; Reproductive output

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; FLEDGING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PASSERINE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ANATIDAE; AVES; PETROICA LONGIPES;

EID: 33746915074     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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