The effect of egg size and habitat on starling nestling growth and survival

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 59-63

  Smith, Henrik G ^a   Bruun, Måns ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chick mass; Chick survival; Egg size; European starling; Food availability

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; OFFSPRING FITNESS;

STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031813331     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050491     Document Type: Article

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