Parent:offspring resource allocation strategies in birds : studies on swallows (Hirundinidae)
The use of precision automated electronic balances has allowed remote quantification of instantaneous and long term body mass changes in breeding swallows, Hirundo rustica. By means of observation, experiment and optimality modelling, the extent of mass changes during incubation and nestling rearing...
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University of Stirling
1985
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.354056 |