Do great tits (Parus major) starve to reproduce?

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-299

  Hõrak, Peeter ^a,c   Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^b   Ots, Indrek ^c  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Body mass; Nest desertion; Parental investment; Parus major; Plasma metabolites

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; NEST DESERTION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0344223515     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050789     Document Type: Article

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