Inter-clutch egg size variation in kestrels Falco tinnunculus: Seasonal decline under fluctuating food conditions

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 426-432

  Valkama, Jari ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a   Wiehn, Jürgen ^a   Pakkanen, Tuuli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG DEVELOPMENT; EGG SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; RAPTOR;

FINLAND;

FALCO; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036955661     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2002.02875.x     Document Type: Article

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