Physiological condition and breeding performance of the Great Tit

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-86

  Norte, Ana Cláudia ^a   Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Sampaio, Hugo L ^a   Sousa, José P ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding performance; Double breeding; Glutathione peroxidase; Great Tit; Hematocrit; Parus major; Physiological condition

Indexed keywords

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 77949435490     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.080071     Document Type: Article

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