Parental influence on sibling rivalry in great tit, Parus major, nests

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 977-983

  Tanner, Marion ^a   Kölliker, Mathias ^b   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

food provisioning; great tit; parent offspring conflict; parental care; Parus major; scramble competition

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; SIBLING;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 35148885558     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.034     Document Type: Article

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