Interactive effects of food and age on breeding in the Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 806-813

  Arroyo, Beatriz E ^a,b   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^a   Leroux, Alain ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CIRCUS PYGARGUS;

EID: 35048822431     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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