Resource allocation varies with parental sex and brood size in the asynchronously hatching green-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 637-647

  Budden, Amber E ^a,b   Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Begging behavior; Food allocation; Hatching asynchrony; Honest signaling; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BROOD SIZE; COMPENSATION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HONEST SIGNALING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIBLING;

FORPUS PASSERINUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 61349125463     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0698-x     Document Type: Article

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