Individual quality and food availability determine yolk and egg mass and egg composition in tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-259

  Ardia, Daniel R ^a,b   Wasson, Matthew F ^a   Winkler, David W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; EGG; FOOD; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING;

ITHACA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; INSECTA; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 33646231270     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03624.x     Document Type: Article

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