Contrasting temporal changes in lay-date distributions in co-occurring populations of Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus and Great Tits Parus major

Bird Study

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-225

  Goodenough, Anne E ^a   Hart, Adam G ^a   Stafford, Richard ^a   Elliot, Simon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; LAYING DATE; PASSERINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 79956137357     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2010.548006     Document Type: Article

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