Selection for synchronous breeding in the European starling

Oikos

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 301-311

  Smith, Henrik G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; COLONIAL BREEDING; LAYING DATE; PASSERINE; SYNCHRONY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; STURNUS; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 16544377070     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.10543.x     Document Type: Article

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