Relative influence of male and female care in determining nestling mass in a migratory songbird

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 515-522

  Stodola, Kirk W ^a   Linder, Eric T ^b   Buehler, David A ^c   Franzreb, Kathleen E ^c   Kim, Daniel H ^d   Cooper, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; PASSERI;

EID: 77956761137     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04751.x     Document Type: Article

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