Brood size manipulations within the natural range did not reveal intragenerational cost of reproduction in the Willow Tit Parus montanus

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 630-637

  Orell, Markku ^a   Rytkönen, Seppo ^a   Koivula, Kari ^a   Ronkainen, Minna ^a   Rahiala, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARUS MONTANUS;

BROOD SIZE MANIPULATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; WILLOW TIT;

EID: 0030303874     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1996.tb04764.x     Document Type: Article

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