The Grey-backed Shrike parents adopt brood survival strategy in both the egg and nestling phases
Abstract Background Great diversity exists in the parenting pattern of altricial birds, which has long been considered as an adaptive response to specific environmental conditions but not to their life-history style. Methods We examined the egg-laying and nestling-raising pattern of the Grey-backed...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Avian Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-021-00244-x |