Caterpillar abundance in the territory affects the breeding performance of great tit Parus major minor

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 514-521

  Seki, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Takano, Hajime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breeding performance; Caterpillar; Food availability; Frass trap; Great tit

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

PARUS MAJOR; PARUS MAJOR MINOR;

EID: 0031862655     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050475     Document Type: Article

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