September 23, 2022
Visitation rate, but not foraging range, responds to brood size manipulation in an aerial insectivore. (2022)
Abstract Life history theory predicts that increased investment in current offspring decreases future fecundity or survival. Avian parental investment decisions have been studied either via brood size manipulation or direct manipulation of parental energetic costs (also known as handicapping). However, we have limited experimental data on the potential interactive effects…