Changes in nestling diet composition of the red-breasted flycatcher Ficedula parva in relation to chick age and parental sex

Animal Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-328

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

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

Author keywords

feeding; food demands; nestling development; Parental care; spiders

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CATERPILLAR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; SEX ROLE; SPIDER;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST;

ARANEAE; DIPTERA; FICEDULA PARVA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 77956407958     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075610X516529     Document Type: Article

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