Intraclutch egg-size variation in the Eurasian Kestrel: Advantages and disadvantages of hatching from large eggs

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 825-830

  Aparicio, Jose Miguel ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALCO TINNUNCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032856883     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089345     Document Type: Article

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