Parental investment of female Tengmalm's Owls aegolius funereus: Correlation with varying food abundance and reproductive success

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-88

  Zárybnická, Markéta ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aegolius funereus; Brood desertion; Female parental care; Food abundance; Reproductive success; Tengmalm's Owl

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BROOD DESERTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 69249141874     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164509X464911     Document Type: Article

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