Sustained increase in food supplies reduces broodmate aggression in black-legged kittiwakes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1095-1100

  White, Joël ^a,b   Leclaire, Sarah ^b   Kriloff, Marion ^a   Mulard, Hervé ^a   Hatch, Scott A ^c   Danchin, Etienne ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

black legged kittiwake; brood reduction; broodmate aggression; food amount hypothesis; food supplementation; Rissa tridactyla; siblicide

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; BROOD SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SIBLICIDE; SURVIVAL;

RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 77950860611     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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