Patterns of brood division and an absence of behavioral plasticity in a neotropical passerine

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1441-1452

  Tarwater, Corey E ^a   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Brood division; Neotropical; Parental care; Thamnophilus atrinucha

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; FOOD PROVISIONING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; THAMNOPHILUS ATRINUCHA;

EID: 44949179770     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0574-8     Document Type: Article

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