The effect of supplemental food on time budget and body condition in the Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

Ardea

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-221

  Cucco, Marco ^a   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding energetics; Mass loss; Mating system; Phoenicurus ochruros; Reproductive stress

Indexed keywords

BLACK REDSTART; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SUCCESS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; TIME BUDGET;

ITALY, ALPS;

PHOENICULUS OCHRURUS; PHOENICURUS OCHRUROS;

EID: 0031415162     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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