Calcium effects on life-history traits in a wild population of the great tit (Parus major): Analysis of long-term data at several spatial scales

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 463-472

  Wilkin, Teddy Albert ^a   Gosler, Andrew G ^a   Garant, Dany ^b   Reynolds, S James ^c   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Fledgling mass; Foraging; GIS; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM; FLEDGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 60449108867     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1222-8     Document Type: Article

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