Food limitation on brood size: Experimental evidence in the Eurasian Kestrel

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2043-2050

  Wiehn, Jürgen ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Eurasian Kestrel; Falco tinnunculus; Fledgling production; Food limitation and supplemention; Lifetime reproduction; Nesting success; Parental effort; Vole cycles

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EURASIAN KESTREL; FOOD LIMITATION; NESTLING SUCCESS; PARENTAL EFFORT;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 0345084479     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2043:FLOBSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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