Parental defense of offspring and life history of a long-lived raptor

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1505-1512

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Nielsen, Jan Tøttrup ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; defense of offspring; goshawk; parental investment; senescence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84913526185     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru130     Document Type: Article

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