Hatching asynchrony in Burrowing Owls is influenced by clutch size and hatching success but not by food

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 326-334

  Wellicome, Troy I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Egg laying; Food supplementation; Hatching span; Seasonal predictability

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING DATE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; SYNCHRONY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; NESTING; OOCYTE; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EATING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SASKATCHEWAN; STRIGIFORMES; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 12944268252     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1727-8     Document Type: Article

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