Food supplementation in distinct corsican oak habitats and the timing of egg laying by blue tits

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-134

  Bourgault, Patrice ^a,b   Perret, Philippe ^b   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Blue Tit; Food constraints; Food supplementation; Proximate factors; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 66149189222     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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