Effects of male removal on reproductive success and provisioning in the eurasian treecreeper (certhia familiaris)

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Aho, Teija ^a   Kuitunen, Markku ^b   Hakkari, Tomi ^c   Suhonen, Jukka ^d   Jäntti, Ari ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD QUALITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; CERTHIA FAMILIARIS;

EID: 67650951682     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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