No experimental evidence that sibling competition induces young to switch nests in the colonial Alpine swift, Apus melba
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A study on colonial Alpine swift, Apus melbato, to determine the most important factor that leads young dependent colonial animals to leave their own parents and seek adoption from nonbiological parents is presented. Ectoparasitism and not sibling competition is found to be the prime factor in nest switching.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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Factors affecting the solution of a parental dilemma in albatrosses: at what age should chicks be left unattended?
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A study on relationship between length of brooding by grey-headed albatrosses, Thalassarche chrysostoma, and chick age is analyzed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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Sibling competition and the risk of falling out of the nest
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A study on nestling falls and competition for food and space among chicks in colonial Alpine swifts (Apus melba) is presented.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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