Reproductive response of Great Tits, Parus major, in a naturally base-poor forest habitat to calcium supplementation

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 689-695

  Mänd, Raivo ^a   Tilgar, Vallo ^a   Leivits, Agu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Nigula Nature Reserve   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EGG DEVELOPMENT; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LIMITING FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ESTONIA;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0033907076     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-255     Document Type: Article

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