Breeding success and survival in the common swift Apus apus: A long-term study on the effects of weather

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-38

  Thomson, D L ^a,b   Douglas Home, H ^a   Furness, R W ^a   Monaghan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; SWIFT; TEMPERATURES; WEATHER;

APODIDAE; APUS APUS;

EID: 0029775963     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05434.x     Document Type: Article

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