Dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla breeding near snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca nests lay more and larger eggs

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Van Kleef, Henricus H ^a   Willems, Frank ^b   Volkov, Andrei E ^c   Smeets, Joseph J H R ^c   Nowak, Damian ^c   Nowak, Agnieszka ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Foundation WIWO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BROOD DESERTION; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG PREDATION; EGG SIZE; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; NESTING; NESTING SUCCESS; RAPTOR; WATERFOWL;

EURASIA; MEDUSA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TAYMYR;

ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; DICROSTONYX TORQUATUS; LEMMUS SIBIRICUS; NYCTEA; NYCTEA SCANDIACA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33846050006     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03639.x     Document Type: Article

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