No experimental evidence that sibling competition induces young to switch nests in the colonial Alpine swift, Apus melba

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 869-873

  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

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BROOD SIZE; COLONIAL BREEDING; HATCHING; LOCOMOTION; NEST; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; SIBLING;

ANIMALIA; APUS MELBA; CRATAERINA MELBAE; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 33748588937     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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