Experimental evidence for the influence of food availability on incubation attendance and hatching asynchrony in the Australian reed warbler Acrocephalus australis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-427

  Eikenaar, Cas ^a   Berg, Mathew L ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HATCHING; INCUBATION; SYNCHRONY; TIME ALLOCATION;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS AUSTRALIS; AVES; PHRAGMITES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347270405     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2003.03147.x     Document Type: Article

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