Seasonal variation in food supply and breeding success in European Coots Fulica atra

Ardea

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-65

  Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food availability; Food supply; Fulica atra; Hatching date; Offspring survival; Reproductive success; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SUCCESS; CHICK SURVIVAL; COOT; FOOD SUPPLY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FULICA ATRA;

EID: 0030776279     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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