Biparental incubation in the chestnut-vented tit-babbler Parisoma subcaeruleum: Mates devote equal time, but males keep eggs warmer

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-283

  Auer, Sonya K ^a,b   Bassar, Ronald D ^a,b   Martin, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; EGG; INCUBATION; MATE FIDELITY; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; PARISOMA SUBCAERULEUM;

EID: 34247872876     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.04092.x     Document Type: Article

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