Body mass variation in breeding mountain bluebirds Sialia currucoides: Evidence of stress or adaptation for flight?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-413

  Merkle, Marilyn S ^a   Barclay, Robert M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

body mass changes; cost of reproduction; flight adaptation; food supplementation; mountain bluebirds; parental investment; Sialia currucoides; stress

Indexed keywords

SIALIA CURRUCOIDES;

MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD; STRESS;

EID: 0030304542     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5776     Document Type: Article

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