Parallel variation in haemoglobin concentration in nestling-rearing blue tits cyanistes caeruleus and Great Tits Parus major

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-136

  Kaliński, Adam ^a   Bańbura, Mirosława ^a   Skwarska, Joanna ^a   Wawrzyniak, Jarosław ^a   Zieliński, Piotr ^a   Gla̧dalski, Michał ^a   Markowski, Marcin ^a   Bańbura, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

annual variation; free living populations; haemoglobin concentration; interspecies variation; metabolic rates; passerines; sex differences

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BROOD SIZE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; METABOLISM; NESTLING; OXYGEN; PASSERINE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

POLAND;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 84873101082     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164512X662232     Document Type: Article

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