Effects of nest-site availability and distribution on density-dependent clutch size and laying date in the Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 252-256

  Blanco, Guillermo ^a   Fargallo, Juan A ^b   Cuevas, Jesús A ^c   Tella, José L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; DENSITY-DEPENDENCE; LAYING DATE; NEST SITE AVAILABILITY;

SPAIN;

PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX;

EID: 0031970468     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04386.x     Document Type: Article

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