Effect of food abundance on laying date and clutch size in the white stork ciconia ciconia

Bird Study

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-115

  Tortosa, Francisco S ^a   Pérez, Lorenzo ^a   Hillström, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ciconia; Clutch size; Food availability; Garbage; Laying date; Rubbish dump; Seasonal decline

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LAYING DATE; SEASONALITY;

AVES; CICONIA; CICONIA CICONIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038607339     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650309461302     Document Type: Article

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