EcologyJournal of Avian BiologyPeer-reviewed
The Interplay of Resource Availability and Parent Foraging Strategies on Juvenile Sparrow Individual Specialization
Natalia Ricote, Constanza Weinberger, Natalia Ramírez‐Otarola…·Karin Maldonado
This study finds that juvenile sparrows show greater individual specialization during periods of high food availability, contrasting with adults who maintain stable niche widths, highlighting the role of parental care in buffering offspring from resource fluctuations.
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