Large brood size of pied flycatcher, sparrowhawk and goshawk m peak microtine years: Support for the mast depression hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-455

  Selås, Vidar ^a   Steel, Christian ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Ornithological Society   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Hawks; Mast depression; Pied flycatcher; Voles

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD SIZE; CYCLICITY; POPULATION SIZE; RODENT; SEED PRODUCTION;

NORWAY;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITER NISUS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS IDAEA;

EID: 0031797356     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050609     Document Type: Article

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