Synchronised provisioning at the nest: Parental coordination over care in a socially monogamous species

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  van Rooij, Erica P ^a   Griffith, Simon C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Cooperative behaviour; Long tailed finch; Nestling provisioning; Poephila acuticauda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COORDINATION; FEMALE; FLEDGLING; HATCHING; MALE; NESTING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROGENY; SOCIAL MONOGAMY;

EID: 84891497906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.232     Document Type: Article

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