The influence of a hot environment on parental cooperation of a ground-nesting shorebird, the Kentish plover <it>Charadrius alexandrinus</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Parental care often increases offspring survival, but is costly to the parents. A trade-off between the cost and benefit of care is expected, so that when care provisioning by both parents is essential for the success of young, for i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
| Online Access: | http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/7/1/1 |