Influence of environmental and density-dependent factors on reproduction of Little Egrets

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 634-639

  Bennetts, Robert E ^a   Fasola, Mauro ^b   Hafner, Heinz ^a   Kayser, Yves ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NESTING; REPRODUCTION; WADER;

(SOUTH); FRANCE;

ARDEIDAE; BOS TAURUS; BUBULCUS IBIS; EGRETTA GARZETTA; IBIS; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033930425     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089589     Document Type: Article

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