Causes and consequences of pre-laying weight gain in a food-caching bird that breeds in late winter

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-93

  Sechley, Talia H ^a   Strickland, Dan ^b   Norris, D Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIRD; CACHING; CONIFEROUS TREE; LATITUDE; LAYING DATE; NESTLING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PERISOREUS; PERISOREUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 84892558637     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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