The effect of egg size on growth and survival of the Tree Sparrow Passer montanus nestlings

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-135

  Pinowska, Barbara ^a   Barkowska, Miłosława ^b   Pinowski, Jan ^a   Bartha, Andrzej ^c   Hahm, Kyu Hwang ^d   Lebedeva, Natalia ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^d Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

^e SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Egg size; Nestling growth; Passer montanus; Survival; Tree Sparrow

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG SIZE; GROWTH RATE; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL;

PASSER; PASSER MONTANUS;

EID: 12244274409     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.039.0209     Document Type: Article

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