Authors
  • Whittingham, Linda
  • Dunn, Peter
  • Robertson, Raleigh J.
Universities

Summary

This study compares the compensatory response of female tree swallows without their mate's parental assistance (when females are widowed) and with reduced male parental care (when males are handi-capped by cutting some feathers).

Methodology

Mist net or from the nest box, banded, nest box checks