Brood provisioning rate and food allocation rules according to nestling begging in a clutch-adjusting species, the rufous-tailed scrub-robin cercotrichas galactotes

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-175

  Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^a,b   Soler, Manuel ^b   Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^b   Palomino, J Javier ^b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Begging; Breeding strategies; Brood reduction; Cercotrichas galactotes; Food allocation rules; Parental investment; Rufous tailed Scrub robin

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLEDGING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CERCOTRICHAS GALACTOTES;

EID: 77951010661     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164509X482740     Document Type: Article

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