Food supply in early spring and stability of pair bonds in the Varied Tit Parus varius

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-205

  Nakamura, Masahiko ^a   Kubota, Harou ^a  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE COMPOSITION; BIRD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PAIRBOND STABILITY;

PARUS VARIUS;

EID: 0031799715     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677200     Document Type: Article

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