Reproductive performance changes with age and laying experience in the Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 316-323

  Cabezas Díaz, Sara ^a   Virgós, Emilio ^b   Villafuerte, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; GAMEBIRD; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 17444416485     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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