Rates and consequences of relaying in little auks Alle alle breeding in the High Arctic an experimental study with egg removal

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 062-068

  Jakubas, Dariusz ^a   Wojczulanis Jakubas, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY MASS; BREEDING POPULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

ARCTIC;

ALLE ALLE; AVES; PINGUINUS;

EID: 84871937827     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05790.x     Document Type: Article

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