Nest visit synchrony is high and correlates with reproductive success in the wild Zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-140

  Mariette, Mylene M ^a,b,c   Griffith, Simon C ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST PREDATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SYNCHRONY; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84860663609     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05555.x     Document Type: Article

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