The ecology of clutch size variation in Darwin's Small Ground Finch Geospiza fuliginosa: Comparison between lowland and highland habitats

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 730-741

  Kleindorfer, S ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CRUZ ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GEOSPIZA FULIGINOSA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34848822569     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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