Effects of competition on great and blue tit reproduction: Intensity and importance in relation to habitat quality

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 257-265

  Dhondt, André A ^a,b,c  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyanistes; Interactions; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Parus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; QUERCUS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CYANISTES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 72449156166     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01624.x     Document Type: Article

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