Food availability and offspring demand influence sex-specific patterns and repeatability of parental provisioning

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-34

  Low, Matthew ^a   Makan, Troy ^b,c   Castro, Isabel ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

chick feeding; parental effort; parental investment; sealed bid; supplementary feeding; translocation

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOENERGETICS; BROOD SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PATERNAL CARE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; TRANSLOCATION;

NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA;

EID: 84555204663     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr145     Document Type: Article

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