Optimal clutch size in herons: Observational and experimental approaches

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-46

  Fasola, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Breeding success; Clutch size; Egretta garzetta; Herons; Nycticorax nycticorax

Indexed keywords

CHICK MORTALITY; CLUTCH SIZE; LITTLE EGRET; NIGHT HERON; PRODUCTIVITY;

EGRETTA GARZETTA; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 0031978176     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1998.9522869     Document Type: Article

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