Patterns of hatching failure in the house sparrow Passer domesticus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 069-079

  Stewart, Ian R K ^a,b   Westneat, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; HATCHING; HETEROZYGOSITY; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84871939041     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05795.x     Document Type: Article

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