Forest fragmentation is associated with primary brood sex ratio in the treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1530, 2003, Pages 2215-2222

  Suorsa, Petri ^a   Helle, Heikki ^b   Huhta, Esa ^a   Jäntti, Ari ^b   Nikula, Ari ^c   Hakkarainen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Feeding effort; Forest fragmentation; Habitat quality; Provisioning; Sex ratio; Treecreeper

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; PASSERINE; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPRUCE; SURVIVAL; TRUNK;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; AVES; CERTHIA; CERTHIA FAMILIARIS; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSERIFORMES; PICEA;

EID: 0242721422     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2490     Document Type: Article

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