Reproductive success decreases with colony size in the European bee-eater

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-110

  Hoi, H ^a   Hoi, C ^a   Kristofik, J ^b   Darolova, A ^b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Chick survival; Coloniality; European bee eater; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLONY; EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

MEROPS APIASTER;

EID: 0036697472     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2002.9522749     Document Type: Article

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