Within- and between-season repeatability of eggshell colouration in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-96

  Honza, Marcel ^a   Procházka, Petr ^a   Požgayová, Milica ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BROOD PARASITISM; CLUTCH SIZE; COLOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EGGSHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES;

EID: 84858747933     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05392.x     Document Type: Article

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