Figure 3

<p>Experimental setup (a) for the spatial foraging test which was conducted in an aviary (1.85×1.85×1.85 m) with four potential feeding sites. The grey areas indicate a hut which blocked the view to the feeding site unless subjects perched on the perch next to the site. The white areas in front of the hut were visible from the adjacent perch and indicate the platform in front of the hut on which the food was provided. Circles indicate the four possible positions of a food dish. During a test only one food dish was rewarded with food, the others remained empty. Drawing is not to scale. (b) The mean latency to approach the food (±SE) for subjects from the LH and the HH treatment and (c) the mean latency (±SE) until subjects fed in this test. In the LH (low-high) treatment subjects fed on a low quality seed diet until day 17 (nestling period) followed by a protein enriched high quality diet up to day 35 (fledging period). In the HH treatment (high-high) a high quality protein enriched diet was fed throughout the nestling and fledgling phase (see text for details). * p<0.05.</p

Effects of the nutritional treatments on resting metabolic rate.

<p>Mean (±SE) resting metabolic rate (RMR) for subjects from the different early nutritional treatments, LH, HL and HH. In the LH (low-high) treatment subjects fed on a low quality seed diet until day 17 (nestling period) followed by a protein enriched high quality diet up to day 35 (fledging period). Subjects in the HL (high-low) treatment experienced the nutritional diets vice versa. In the HH treatment (high-high) a high quality protein enriched diet was fed throughout the nestling and fledgling phase (see text for details).</p