Effects of a food supplementation experiment on reproductive investment and a post-mating sexually selected trait in magpies Pica pica

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 246-251

  De Neve, Liesbeth ^a,c   Soler, Juan J ^b   Soler, Manuel ^a   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^b   Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^a   Martínez, Juan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; CORVIDAE; PICA; PICA PICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2642561417     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03162.x     Document Type: Article

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