Reaching independence: Food supply, parent quality, and offspring phenotypic characters in kestrels

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-512

  Vergara, Pablo ^a,b   Fargallo, Juan A ^a   Martínez Padilla, Jesus ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment conditions; Eurasian kestrel; Falco tinnunculus; Melanic coloration; Parent offspring conflict; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLEDGING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MELANIN; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPE; RAPTOR; SIBLING;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 77951124091     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq011     Document Type: Article

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