Egg colouration and male parental effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 300-304

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Osorno, José L ^b   Morales, Judith ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COLOR; EGG; FOOD PROVISIONING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; FICEDULA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 3543097565     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03407.x     Document Type: Article

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