EGG-size variation in algerian populations of the blue Tit (Parus caeruleus ultramarinus): Effects of altitude and habitat

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-192

  Chabi, Yassine ^a   Benyacoub, Slim ^a   Bańbura, Jerzy ^b  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; EGG SIZE; HABITAT TYPE; PASSERINE;

(NORTH); AFRICA;

PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 0033912167     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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