Pollution-related variation in food supply and breeding success in two hole-nesting passerines

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1120-1131

  Eeva, Tapio ^a   Lehikoinen, Esa ^a   Pohjalainen, Tuija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Birds; Breeding success; Caterpillars; Ficedula hypoleuca; Food limitation; Foraging habits; Insects; Parus major

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARUS MAJOR; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; PINACEAE; SYMPHYTA;

AIR POLLUTION; BREEDING SUCCESS; COPPER SMELTER; FOOD ABUNDANCE; POLLUTION GRADIENT;

EID: 0030613836     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1120:PRVIFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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