Differential food allocation by male and female great tit, Parus major, parents: are parents or offspring in control?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1563-1569

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

begging behaviour; food allocation; great tit; parent offspring conflict; parental care; Parus major; scramble competition

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; FOOD; HUNGER; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 40849106385     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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