Differences in parental food allocation rules: Evidence for sexual conflict in the blue tit?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 674-679

  Dickens, Megan ^a,b   Hartley, Ian R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Begging; Biparental care; Cyanistes caeruleus; Parental investment; Parentally biased favoritism; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING MECHANISM; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 34547661907     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm029     Document Type: Article

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