Predation by sparrowhawks favours early breeding and small broods in great tits

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-32

  Götmark, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accipiter nisus; Fledglings; Life history; Parus major; Selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; LIFE HISTORY; PASSERINE; PREDATION; RAPTOR; SELECTION;

SWEDEN;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER NISUS; ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0036941546     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100769     Document Type: Article

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