Habitat and annual variation in arthropod abundance affects Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus reproduction

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-62

  Marciniak, Barbara ^a   Nadolski, Jerzy ^a   Nowakowska, Magdalena ^a   Loga, Barbara ^a   Bańbura, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Arthropods; Blue Tit; Caterpillars; Clutch size; Cyanistes caeruleus; Food; Habitat variation; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARTHROPOD; CATERPILLAR; HABITAT USE; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ARTHROPODA; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 34548410943     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.042.0113     Document Type: Article

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