No nocturnal energetic savings in response to hard work in free-living great tits

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 263-279

  Wiersma, Popko ^a   Tinbergen, Joost M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Daily energy expenditure; Energy savings; Reproductive effort; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; ENERGY USE; METABOLISM; PASSERINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0038009149     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854203764817715     Document Type: Article

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