Parental care in nesting hawks: Breeding experience and food availability influence the outcome

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 609-615

  Byholm, Patrik ^a   Rousi, Heta ^a,b   Sole, Inkeri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

begging behavior; experience dependent fecundity; food availability; parent offspring conflict; parental breeding experience; sibling competition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BODY CONDITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; HATCHING; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955455209     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr019     Document Type: Article

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