Habitat differences in allocation of eggs between successive breeding attempts in great tits (Parus major)

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-369

  Mägi, Marko ^a   Mänd, Raivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Great tits; Habitat heterogeneity; Multiple breeding; Parus major; Reproductive strategy; Second broods

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 12344308436     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682843     Document Type: Article

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