Sex differences in the rate of food provisioning to nestlings red-breasted flycatchers (Ficedula parva)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-148

  Mitrus, Cezary ^a   Mitrus, Joanna ^a   Sikora, Magdalena ^a  

^a SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NESTLING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

BIALOWIEZA NATIONAL PARK; POLAND;

AVES; CARPINUS; FICEDULA PARVA;

EID: 77952689848     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.047.0207     Document Type: Article

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