Influence of morphology on winter residence and recruitment in juvenile coal tits (Parus ater) after the post-fledging period

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-282

  Brotons, Lluís ^a   Broggi, Juli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body size and condition; Forest passerines; Non breeding social organization; Tarsus and wing length

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; RECRUITMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; WINTER;

CERTHIA; CERTHIA FAMILIARIS; PARUS; PARUS ATER;

EID: 0347566021     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682774     Document Type: Article

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