Habitat quality, nestling diet, and provisioning behaviour in great tits Parus major

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-145

  Wilkin, Teddy A ^a   King, Lucy E ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING POPULATION; CATERPILLAR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FITNESS; FLEDGING; FOOD PROVISIONING; HABITAT QUALITY; NEST BOX; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PASSERINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 63449133232     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04362.x     Document Type: Article

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