Clutch enlargement in Lesser Gray Shrikes (Lanius minor) in Slovakia when food is superabundant: A maladaptive response?

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 557-564

  Hoi, Herbert ^a   Kristin, Anton ^b   Valera, Francisco ^c   Hoi, Christine ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; LANIIDAE; LANIUS; LANIUS MINOR; MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942598273     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090419     Document Type: Article

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