Adaptive plasticity of blue tits (parus caeruleus) and great tits (parus major) breeding in natural and semi-natural insular habitats

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-217

  Massa, Bruno ^a   Lo Valvo, Fabio ^a   Margagliotta, Beniamino ^a   Lo Valvo, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Breeding; Oakwood; Parus caeruleus; Parus major; Peak demand; Peak resource; Pine reafforestation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIET; FLEDGING; LAYING DATE; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS;

EID: 8144222757     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356574     Document Type: Article

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