Effects of geographic location and habitat on breeding parameters of Great Tits

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1034-1051

  Sanz, Juan José ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; ELEVATION; FLEDGING; HABITAT QUALITY; LATITUDE; LAYING DATE; PASSERINE;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; PHACELIA CONGESTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031786107     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089520     Document Type: Article

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