Effect of brood size manipulations on parents and offspring in the Barn Owl Tyro alba

Ardea

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-100

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Ducrest, Anne Lyse ^a   Dijkstra, Cor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Future reproductive success; Nestling survival; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RAPTOR;

TYTO ALBA;

EID: 0032719159     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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