Clutch size and parental effort in the Great Tit Parus major

Ardea

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-126

  Verhulst, S ^a,b   Tinbergen, J M ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Daily energy expenditure; Parental effort; Parus major

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GREAT TIT; PARENTAL EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE VALUE;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0030821802     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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