Sibling competition and the risk of falling out of the nest

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 539-544

  Bize, Pierre ^a   Roulin, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST GUARDING; NESTLING; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

APUS MELBA; AVES;

EID: 33748172373     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.10.021     Document Type: Article

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