Effects of nest characteristics on breeding success of Great Tits Parus major;Wpływ cech konstrukcji gniazda na sukces lȩgowy bogatki

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-154

  Alabrudzińska, Jagna ^a   Kaliński, Adam ^a   Słomczyński, Robert ^a   Wawrzyniak, Jarosław ^a   Zieliński, Piotr ^a   Bańbura, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fledging; Great Tit; Hatching; Nest size; Nesting; Parus major

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; NEST; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BRYOPHYTA; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0942299865     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.038.0202     Document Type: Article

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