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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2022-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Field Ornithology |
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Online Access: | https://journal.afonet.org/vol93/iss2/art3/ |