Parental care in a sexually monomorphic Picid, the Red-headed Woodpecker

Parental care is energetically costly and is thus shared by parents in many bird species. Little is known about how parental care is shared in pairs of sexually monomorphic species. Red-headed Woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) are a sexually monomorphic and socially monogamous species in an a...

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Main Authors: L. Abigail. Walter, Catherine Viverette, Lesley Bulluck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of Field Ornithology
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Online Access:https://journal.afonet.org/vol93/iss2/art3/