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The importance of having a partner: male help releases females from time limitation during incubation in birds
INTRODUCTION: Male contribution to parental care varies widely among avian species. Yet the reasons for this variation, as well as its consequences, are still unclear. Because the amount of care provided by one sex is ultimately constrained by the time available for energy acquisition, contribution...
Autores principales: | Matysioková, Beata, Remeš, Vladimír |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4007620/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24607032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-11-24 |
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