Postfledging parental effort in barn swallows: evidence for a trade-off in the allocation of time between broods

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1877-1884

  Grüebler, Martin U ^a,b   Naef Daenzer, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

barn swallow; Hirundo rustica; multiple broods; parental care; parental investment; postfledging period; reproductive decision; time allocation

Indexed keywords

BROOD DESERTION; FLEDGING; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TIME ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 44349194441     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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