Hatching asynchrony and brood reduction in Tengmalm's owl Aegolius funereus: The role of temporal and spatial variation in food abundance

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 334-341

  Valkama, Jari ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a   Holm, Aki ^a   Hakkarainen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bird of prey; Egg viability hypothesis; Lack's brood reduction hypothesis; Reproductive success; Three year vole cycle

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING; INCUBATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AEGOLIUS; AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036940375     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1033-2     Document Type: Article

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