An analysis of hatching success in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 430-438

  Knape, Jonas ^a   Sköld, Martin ^b   Jonzén, Niclas ^a   Åkesson, Mikael ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^a   Hansson, Bengt ^a   Hasselquist, Dennis ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; HATCHING; INBREEDING; MATERNAL EFFECT; PASSERINE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES;

EID: 39849108345     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16266.x     Document Type: Article

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