Geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede beim Nahrungserwerb des Fichtenkreuzschnabels (Loxia curvirostra) |
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Authors: | Walter Pflumm |
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Institution: | (1) Fachbereich Biologie der Universität, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße, D-6750 Kaiserslautern |
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Abstract: | Summary By recording the rate of glancing (i. e. looking up), the number of seeds taken by a crossbill per unit time from a larch cone (Larix X eurolepis) was evaluated. Female crossbills took more seeds per unit time from the cones than males do. Because of similar bill (and body) sizes the sexual difference could be explained in the following ways: a) during the breeding season the females need more energy for egg production than males do for spermatogenesis; b) females are more vigilant than males. |
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