Silvereyes Zosterops lateralis increase incubation attentiveness in response to increased food availability

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-172

  Barnett, Craig A ^a,b   Briskie, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Food supplementation; Incubation behaviour; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

SILVEREYES ZOSTEROPS; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 71949107177     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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