A UV signal of offspring condition mediates context-dependent parental favouritism

As fitness returns during a breeding attempt are context-dependent, parents are predicted to bias their food allocation within a brood from poor towards good condition nestlings when environmental conditions deteriorate. We tested this prediction in the Alpine swift and the European starling, two mi...

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Main Authors: Bize, Pierre, Piault, Romain, Moureau, Benoît, Heeb, Philipp
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1635472/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16846914
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3546
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