Egg size variation in blue tits cyanistes caeruleus and great tits parus major in relation to habitat differences in snail abundance

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-129

  Bańbura, Mirosława ^a   Sulikowska Drozd, Anna ^a   Kaliński, Adam ^a   Skwarska, Joanna ^a   Wawrzyniak, Jarosław ^a   Kruk, Andrzej ^a   Zieliński, Piotr ^a   Bańbura, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Birds; calcium; egg sizes; habitat contrast; shelled snails; tits

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALCIUM; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EGG SIZE; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE USE; SHELL; SNAIL; SONGBIRD; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; GASTROPODA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 79551652140     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164510X551264     Document Type: Article

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