Fitness consequences of male provisioning of incubating females in a desert passerine bird

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 227-233

  Stein, Laura R ^a   Oh, Kevin P ^a   Badyaev, Alexander V ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Hatching success; Incubation; Incubation provisioning; Nest temperature

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEEDING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HATCHING; INCUBATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77952954796     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0447-6     Document Type: Article

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