Egg weights, egg component weights, and laying gaps in Great Tits (Parus major) in relation to ambient temperature

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1091-1103

  Lessells, C M ^a   Dingemanse, N J ^a   Both, C ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; LAYING DATE; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0036823809     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090236     Document Type: Article

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