Effect of ephemeral food restriction on growth of House Sparrows

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 164-174

  Lepczyk, Christopher A ^a,b   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD LIMITATION; GROWTH RATE; PASSERINE;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0033970522     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[0164:EOEFRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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