Great tits, Parus major, lay too many eggs: Experimental evidence in mid-boreal habitats

Oikos

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 439-450

  Rytkonen S ^a   Orell, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; GENE FLOW; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

FINLAND;

PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0034936012     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.930309.x     Document Type: Article

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