Reproductive success and nestling diet in the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Picoides minor): The early bird gets the caterpillar

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-332

  Rossmanith, Eva ^a   Höntsch, Kerstin ^b   Blaum, Niels ^a   Jeltsch, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b Naturstiftung David   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Nestling diet; Picoides minor; Reproductive success; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; FLEDGING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NESTLING; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

APHIDIDAE; AVES; PICIDAE; PICOIDES MINOR;

EID: 34447345147     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0134-4     Document Type: Article

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