Parental allocation of food to nestling tree swallows: the influence of nestling behavior, sex and paternity
Article Abstract:
The allocation of food to tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, nestlings is examined in relation to their begging behavior, size, sex and paternity. However, the findings suggest that parents allocated food resources in response to cues that nestlings control and that provisioning by parents was not related to nestling size, sex or paternity.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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Parental allocation of food to nestling tree swallows: the influence of nestling behavior, sex and paternity
Article Abstract:
The allocation of food to tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, nestlings is examined in relation to their begging behavior, size, sex and paternity. However, the findings suggest that parents allocated food resources in response to cues that nestlings control and that provisioning by parents was not related to nestling size, sex or paternity.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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