Do parents and helpers adjust their provisioning effort in relation to nestling sex in a cooperatively breeding bird?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-309

  Nam, Ki Baek ^a   Meade, Jessica ^a   Hatchwell, Ben J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegithalos caudatus; Cooperative breeding; Long tailed tit; Parental investment; Provisioning; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; NESTLING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

AEGITHALIDAE; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960563860     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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