Flexibility in the duration of parental care: Zebra finch parents respond to offspring needs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-39

  Rehling, Anke ^a   Spiller, Inka ^b   Krause, E Tobias ^b   Nager, Ruedi G ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fledging; Fledging decision; Offspring independence; Parent offspring conflict; Parental care period; Parental sensitivity; Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; TERMINOLOGY;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 83555164769     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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