Differential maternal investment counteracts for late breeding in magpies Pica pica: An experimental study

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-245

  De Neve, Liesbeth ^a,c   Soler, Juan J ^b   Soler, Manuel ^a   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^b  

^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;

AVES; CORVIDAE; GALLIFORMES; PICA; PICA PICA;

EID: 2642570391     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03161.x     Document Type: Article

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