Eggshell pigmentation pattern in relation to breeding performance of blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-41

  Sanz, Juan José ^a   García Navas, Vicente ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding performance; Cyanistes caeruleus; Eggshell pattern; Pigmentation; Speckled egg

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EGGSHELL; EVERGREEN FOREST; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PIGMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; TIME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 57649088284     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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