Hatching asynchrony and brood reduction in Blue Tits cyanistes caeruleus may be a plastic response to local oak Quercus robur bud burst and caterpillar emergence

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-106

  Stenning, Martyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue Tit; Brood reduction; Cyanistes caeruleus; Hatching asynchrony; Incubation; Phenology; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FITNESS; FLEDGING; HATCHING; INCUBATION; MORTALITY; NESTING; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 51649125529     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164508X345383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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