Hatching asynchrony in the Eurasian kestrel Falco tinnunculus: An experimental test of the brood reduction hypothesis

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-95

  Wiehn, Jürgen ^a,c   Ilmonen, Petteri ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a   Pahkala, Maarit ^b   Wiebe, Karen E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Facultative manipulation; Food limitation; Food supplementing; Parental effort; Vole cycle

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; FLEDGING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING; RAPTOR; SYNCHRONY;

FINLAND;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 0033984970     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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