Divergence in timing of parental care and migration in barnacle geese

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-331

  Jonker, Rudy M ^a   Kuiper, Marije W ^a   Snijders, Lysanne ^a   Van Wieren, Sipke E ^a   Ydenberg, Ron C ^a,b   Prins, Herbert H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; bird migration; Branta leucopsis; parent offspring conflict; parental care

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIVERGENCE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; WATERFOWL;

ANSER; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 79953867746     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq208     Document Type: Article

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