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Synchronised provisioning at the nest: parental coordination over care in a socially monogamous species

Bi-parental care is very common in birds, occurring in over 90% of species, and is expected to evolve whenever the benefits of enhanced offspring survival exceed the costs to both parents of providing care. In altricial species, where the nestlings are entirely dependent on the parents for providing...

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Autores principales: van Rooij, Erica P., Griffith, Simon C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3883492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24432197
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.232