Group provisioning limits sharing conflict among nestlings in joint-nesting Taiwan yuhinas

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-321

  Shen, Sheng Feng ^a,c   Chen, Hsueh Chen ^b   Vehrencamp, Sandra L ^a   Yuan, Hsiao Wei ^b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Cooperative breeding; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SIBLING;

AVES; YUHINA; YUHINA BRUNNEICEPS;

EID: 77954091922     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0909     Document Type: Article

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