Disappearance of female pied flycatchers in relation to breeding stage and experimentally induced molt

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 461-471

  Slagsvold, Tore ^a   Dale, Svein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult predation; Body mass; Ficedula hypoleuca; Molt; Physiological stress; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

BREEDING STAGE; MORTALITY; MOULTING; PIED FLYCATCHER; PREDATION;

NORWAY;

EID: 0030417216     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265622     Document Type: Article

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