Male nest-building activity influences clutch mass in Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

Bird Study

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 264-267

  Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Lobato, Elisa ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^a,b   Morales, Judith ^a,c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; MALE; NEST; SONGBIRD;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 77955666712     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650902792015     Document Type: Article

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