No experimental evidence for local competition in the nestling phase as a driving force for density-dependent avian clutch size

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 828-838

  Nicolaus, Marion ^a   Both, Christiaan ^a   Ubels, Richard ^a   Edelaar, Pim ^b   Tinbergen, Joost M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breeding density; Great tit; Individual adjustment; Parus major; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLEDGING; GROWTH RESPONSE; NEST BOX; NESTLING; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 66749170651     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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