Mass loss in breeding House Wrens: Effects of food supplements

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2512-2523

  Cavitt, John F ^a,b   Thompson, Charles F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy deficit; Food supplementation; House Wren; Mass loss; Troglodytes aedon; Wing loading hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PASSERINE;

BLOOMINGTON; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

PASSERIFORMES; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031403864     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2512:MLIBHW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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