Nocturnal loss of body reserves reveals high survival risk for subordinate great tits wintering at extremely low ambient temperatures

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-346

  Krams, Indrikis ^a,c   Cīrule, Dina ^b   Vrublevska, Jolanta ^c   Nord, Andreas ^d   Rantala, Markus J ^e   Krama, Tatjana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD SAFETY   (Latvia)

^c DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fattening strategies; Great tit; Low temperatures; Parus major; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; BIRD; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84878106943     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2505-7     Document Type: Article

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