Experimental evidence for adjustment of parental investment in relation to brood sex ratio in the blue tit

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1301-1307

  Leech, David I ^a,b   Rowe, Louise V ^a   Hartley, Ian R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD SIZE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; NEST GUARDING; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 33751195084     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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