Seasonal change in egg-volume variation within a clutch in the Bull-headed Shrike, Lanius bucephalus

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-293

  Takagi, Masaoki ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka City University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLUTCHES; FOOD PRODUCTS;

BREEDING SEASONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

EGG SIZE; HATCHING; PASSERINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

ARTHROPODA; BUCEPHALUS; LANIIDAE; LANIUS; LANIUS BUCEPHALUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0038394373     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-238     Document Type: Article

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