Determination of clutch size in the blue tit parus caeruleus in central Spain: Field experiments

Ardeola

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-17

  Moreno, Juan ^a,b   Carrascal, Luis M ^a   Fargallo, Juan A ^a   Soto Largo, Eduardo ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brood manipulation; Central spain; Clutch size; Egg mass; Fledgling mass; Food supplementation; Nestling mortality; Parus caeruleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004807084     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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