Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Science Article 4
abstract
We manipulated the quantity of food provided to hand-reared song sparrows Melospizamelodia from 3 to 18 days post-hatching, a period when young birds in the wild areespecially likely to experience nutritional stress. A control group was given unlimitedfood, while an experimental group was limited to 60% of the intake
William A. Searcy, Susan Peters and Stephen Nowicki, JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY 35: 269-279, 2004