Determinants of parental care and offspring survival during the post-fledging period: Males care more in a species with partially reversed sex roles

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-104

  Gow, Elizabeth A ^a   Wiebe, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feather corticosterone; Feeding rate; Northern flicker; Parental care; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BODY MASS; ENERGY BALANCE; PARENTAL CARE; SEX REVERSAL; SEX ROLE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

AVES; COLAPTES AURATUS;

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEATHER; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLUTCH SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84901454094     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2890-1     Document Type: Article

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