Parental provisioning and nestling mortality in house sparrows

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 677-684

  Mock, Douglas W ^a   Schwagmeyer, P L ^a   Dugas, Matthew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

allocation; brood reduction; house sparrow; parental care; Passer domesticus; provisioning

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 69249210953     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.05.032     Document Type: Article

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