The proximate effects of rainfall on clutch size of the California Gnatcatcher

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 876-880

  Patten, Michael A ^a   Rotenberry, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California Gnatcatcher; Clutch size; Isotonic regression; Nutritional constraints; Polioptila californica; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; POLIOPTILA CALIFORNICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032711204     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370080     Document Type: Article

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