Exploration behavior and parental effort in wild great tits: partners matter

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1085-1095

  David, Morgan ^a   Pinxten, Rianne ^a   Martens, Tine ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Pace of life; Parental care; Partner s compatibility; Parus major; PIT tags; POLS; Provisioning

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84930929871     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-1921-1     Document Type: Article

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