Patterns of nestling provisioning by a single-prey loader bird, Great Tit Parus major

Bird Study

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-197

  Barba, Emilio ^a   Atiénzar, Francisco ^a   Marín, Marcial ^a   Monrós, Juan S ^a   Gil Delgado, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BROOD SIZE; FOOD PROVISIONING; NESTLING; SEASONALITY; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 77956487576     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650902792049     Document Type: Article

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