Impacts of experimentally increased foraging effort on the family: offspring sex matters

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-328

  Harding, A M A ^a,b   Kitaysky, A S ^c   Hamer, K C ^b   Hall, M E ^d   Welcker, J ^e   Talbot, S L ^f   Karnovsky, N J ^g   Gabrielsen, G W ^e   Gremillet D ^h  

^a ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alle alle; compensatory care; dovekie; little auk; parental investment; provisioning decision; sex allocation theory

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLIPPING; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEATHER; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD; SEX ALLOCATION;

ALLE; ALLE ALLE; AVES;

EID: 68349150912     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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