Changes in egg size and clutch size with elevation in a Wyoming population of Mountain Bluebirds

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 591-600

  Johnson, L Scott ^a   Ostlind, Emilene ^a   Brubaker, Jessica L ^a   Balenger, Susan L ^a   Johnson, Bonnie G P ^a   Golden, Harold ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg size; elevation; Female condition; Mountain Bluebird; Sialia currucoides; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AVES; SIALIA CURRUCOIDES;

EID: 33748062954     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[591:CIESAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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