Parental investment decisions in response to ambient nest-predation risk versus actual predation on the prior nest

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 701-710

  Chalfoun, Anna D ^a,b   Martin, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Brewer's Sparrow; Incubation; Nest predation; Nestling feeding rate; Parental care; Prior information; Spizella breweri

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES; PASSERI; SPIZELLA BREWERI;

EID: 78650645437     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090242     Document Type: Article

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