Age-related improvement of reproductive success in Bluethroats Luscinia svecica

Bird Study

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 178-184

  Geslin, Thomas ^a   Questiau, Sophie ^b   Eybert, Marie Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BIRD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA SVECICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142716890     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461350     Document Type: Article

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