Sex, melanic coloration, and sibling competition during the postfledging dependence period

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 847-853

  Vergara, Pablo ^a   Fargallo, Juan A ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brood hierarchies; Falco tinnunculus; Hatching order; Prey delivery; Sex differences; Status signaling

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FLEDGING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MELANIN; NESTING; PREY CAPTURE; RAPTOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 46849094443     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn035     Document Type: Article

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