Chick development in free-living great tits Parus major in relation to calcium availability and egg composition

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 590-598

  Tilgar, Vallo ^a   Mänd, Raivo ^a   Kilgas, Priit ^a   Reynolds, S James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTONIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; OOCYTE; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CALCIUM; ESTONIA; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LINEAR MODELS; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 21044451635     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430690     Document Type: Article

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