Experimental evidence for state-dependent nest weight in the blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 144-146

  Mainwaring, Mark C ^a   Hartley, Ian R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Cyanistes caeruleus; Nest construction; Nest weight; Reproductive costs; Supplementary food

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; NESTING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOSS; NEST SUCCESS; NESTING; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 63349087821     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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