Effects of brood size manipulations on offspring and parental survival in the European kestrel under fluctuating food conditions

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 264-273

  Korpimäki, Erkki ^a   Rita, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Intra individual and inter individual trade offs; Raptor; Reproductive effort; Vole cycle

Indexed keywords

FALCO TINNUNCULUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MURIDAE; RAPTORES;

CLUTCH SIZE; EUROPEAN KESTREL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

FINLAND;

EID: 0030440828     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682341     Document Type: Article

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