Rules of food allocation between nestlings of the black-billed magpie Pica pica, a species showing brood reduction

Ardeola

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-25

  Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^a   Soler, Manuel ^a   Soler, Juan J ^b   Martínez, Juan Gabriel ^a   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Begging behaviour; Black billed magpie; Brood reduction; Food allocation; Parental investment; Pica pica; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

PICA PICA;

EID: 53249140670     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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