Estimating expenditure on male and female offspring in a sexually size-dimorphic bird: A comparison of different methods

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1169-1180

  Magrath, Michael J L ^a,b   Van Lieshout, Emile ^a   Pen, Ido ^b   Visser, G Henk ^b   Komdeur, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daily energy expenditure; Metabolizable energy intake; Nestling growth; Parental care; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD INTAKE; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SONGBIRD; SURROGATE METHOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; CINCLORAMPHUS CRURALIS;

EID: 35148854047     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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