Individual variation in parental workload and breeding productivity in female European starlings: Is the effort worth it?

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 3585-3599

  Fowler, Melinda A ^a   Williams, Tony D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female parental care; Individual variation; Provisioning; Reproductive success; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941189192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1625     Document Type: Article

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