Seasonal decline in provisioning effort and nestling mass of Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus: Experimental support for the parent quality hypothesis

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-69

  García navas, Vicente ^a   Sanz, Juan José ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Date hypothesis; Hatch date; Mediterranean; Provisioning effort; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; HATCHING; INCUBATION; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 78650109889     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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