Food supply during prelaying period modifies the sex-dependent investment in eggs of Eurasian kestrels

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1735-1742

  Martínez Padilla, Jesús ^a   Fargallo, Juan A ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egg mass; Falco tinnunculus; Food supplementation; Sex investment; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HATCHING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 34547671878     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0405-3     Document Type: Article

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