Energetic demands during incubation and chick rearing in a uniparental and a biparental shorebird breeding in the high arctic

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-164

  Tulp, Ingrid ^a,b   Schekkerman, Hans ^b,c   Bruinzeel, Leo W ^b,d   Jukema, Joop ^b,e   Visser, G Henk ^f   Piersma, Theunis ^f,g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Foundation Working Group International Waterbird and Wetland Research   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d Altenburg and Wymenga Ecological Consultants   (Netherlands)

^e University of Groningen ^*  (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Cooperative breeding; Malurus cyaneus; Parental behavior; Superb Fairy wren

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BROOD REARING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; WADER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS MINUTA; MALURUS CYANEUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 67650488128     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.07181     Document Type: Article

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