Parental care trade-offs in the inter-brood phase in Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica

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Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-36

  Naef Daenzer, Luzia ^a   Grüebler, Martin U ^a   Naef Daenzer, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Ecology; Feeding; Passerine; Reproduction; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLEDGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 78650113671     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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