Breeding patterns of the great tit (Parus major) in a pine plantation and a holm oak forest in a Mediterranean region (southern Spain)

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 341-356

  Maicas Catalan, R ^b   Fernandez Haeger, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARUS MAJOR; FAGACEAE; PINACEAE; PINUS; QUERCUS ROTUNDIFOLIA;

BREEDING PATTERN; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG VOLUME; FOREST; GREAT TIT; HOLM OAK; PINE PLANTATION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0030464520     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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