The effect of egg size on hatching rate in the Tree Sparrow Passer montanus (study in Central Poland)

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-14

  Pinowska, Barbara ^a   Barkowska, Miłosława ^a   Pinowski, Jan ^a   Hahm, Kyu Hwang ^a   Lebedeva, Natalia ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Egg size; Hatching rate; Passer montanus; Tree Sparrow

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; HATCHING; MASS; NEST DESERTION;

POLAND;

PASSER; PASSER MONTANUS;

EID: 0036329429     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.037.0102     Document Type: Article

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