Reproductive success and parental effort of females in polyterritorial wood warblers Phylloscopus sibilatrix: The influence of nest predation

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-146

  Temrin, Hans ^a   Åkerström, Ola ^a   Brodin, Anders ^a,b   Stenius, Susanne ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nest predation; Parental effort; Phylloscopus sibilatrix; Polyterritoriality; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

PHYLLOSCOPUS SIBILATRIX;

MATING; POLYGYNY;

EID: 0030447650     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682324     Document Type: Article

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