Feeding effort of male tawny owls strix aluco follows a fixed schedule: A field experiment in the early nestling period

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-188

  Sasvári, Lajos ^a   Hegyi, Zoltán ^b  

^a ESZTERHÁZY KÁROLY UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Duna Ipoly National Park Directorate   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brood manipulation; chick demands; parental condition; parental effort; Strix aluco; Tawny Owl

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; FECUNDITY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FIELDWORK; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RAPTOR; SURVIVAL;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 79551632479     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164510X551327     Document Type: Article

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