One hour of sampling is enough: Great Tit Parus major parents feed their nestlings consistently across time

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-200

  Pagani Núñez, Emilio ^a   Senar, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

caterpillars; feeding behaviour; food; Mediterranean Great Tits; nestling diet; provisioning rate; time consistency

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CATERPILLAR; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; ORNITHOLOGY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PREY SIZE; SAMPLING;

EID: 84896819428     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164513X678847     Document Type: Article

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