Experimental cross-fostering of eggs reveals effects of territory quality on reproductive allocation

Dylan M Poorboy, E Keith Bowers, Scott K Sakaluk and Charles F Thompson

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 5, 1190-1198

Abstract: In territorial songbirds, both parental and territory qualities influence resource allocation to offspring, but their relative contributions are unclear. We experimentally decoupled these 2 factors, allowing us to examine the contribution of territory quality, alone, to investment in offspring. We showed that territory quality influences provisioning of nestlings through a prenatal effect on the composition of eggs laid, rather than a postnatal effect of the quality of territory on which provisioning occurred.

Keywords: postnatal effects; prenatal effects; provisioning; reproductive allocation; territory quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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