Flexibility but no coordination of visits in provisioning riflemen

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 125, Issue , 2017, Pages 25-31

  Khwaja, Nyil ^a   Preston, Stephanie A J ^a   Hatchwell, Ben J ^a   Briskie, James V ^b   Winney, Isabel S ^a,c   Savage, James L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acanthisitta chloris; cooperative breeding; negotiation; parental care; repeatability; rifleman

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD SIZE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWER VISITING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; REAL TIME;

ACANTHISITTA CHLORIS; AVES;

EID: 85013230743     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.12.021     Document Type: Article

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