Behavioral experiments in a wild passerine cause short-term reductions in parental provisioning and nestling mass

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-231

  Van Dongen, Wouter F D ^a,b   Lazzoni, Ilenia ^a   Vásquez, Rodrigo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aphrastura spinicauda; Nestling condition; Parental provisioning; Temporary adult removal; Thorn tailed rayadito

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHRASTURA SPINICAUDA; FURNARIIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 70349264463     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2009000200005     Document Type: Article

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