Sex roles during post-fledging care in birds: Female Tengmalm's Owls contribute little to food provisioning;Geschlechterrollen bei der Fürsorge für Flügglinge: Weibliche Raufußkäuze tragen wenig zur Futterversorgung bei

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 385-398

  Eldegard, Katrine ^a   Sonerud, Geir A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Offspring desertion; Parental care; Post fledging; Provisioning; Reversed sexual dimorphism; Sex roles

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; FLEDGING; FOOD PROVISIONING; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEX ROLE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL;

AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; AVES; MURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84860431987     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0753-7     Document Type: Article

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