Is parental risk taking negatively related to the level of brood reduction? An experiment with pied flycatchers

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-47

  Tilgar, Vallo ^a   Kikas, Kairi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

brood reduction; Ficedula hypoleuca; mortality; pied flycatcher; predation risk; reproductive value hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD SIZE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NEST BOX; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SURVIVAL;

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 57449118105     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.08.027     Document Type: Article

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