Environmental and within-nest factors influencing nestling-feeding patterns of Mediterranean Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Condor

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 612-621

  García Navas, Vicente ^a   Sanz, Juan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Feeding rates; Nestling provisioning; Parental care; RFID; Transponder

Indexed keywords

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 84865704114     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2012.110120     Document Type: Article

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