Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 353-362

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Adriaensen, Frank ^b   Artemyev, Alexandr ^c   Bańbura, Jerzy ^d   Barba, Emilio ^e   Biard, Clotilde ^f   Blondel, Jacques ^g   Bouslama, Zihad ^h   Bouvier, Jean Charles ⁱ   Camprodon, Jordi ^j   Cecere, Francesco ^k   Chaine, Alexis ^g   Charmantier, Anne ^g   Charter, Motti ^l,m   Cichoń, Mariusz ⁿ   Cusimano, Camillo ^o   Czeszczewik, Dorota ^p   Doligez, Blandine ^q   Doutrelant, Claire ^g   Dubiec, Anna ^r   Eens, Marcel ^s   Eeva, Tapio ^t   Faivre, Bruno ^u   Ferns, Peter N ^v   Forsman, Jukka T ^w   García del Rey, Eduardo ^x   Goldshtein, Aya ^y   Goodenough, Anne E ^z   Gosler, Andrew G ^ao   Góźdź, Iga ^r   Grégoire, Arnaud ^g   Gustafsson, Lars ^ab   Hartley, Ian R ^aa   Heeb, Philipp ^ac   Hinsley, Shelley A ^ad   Isenmann, Paul ^g   Jacob, Staffan ^ac   Järvinen, Antero ^ae   Juškaitis, Rimvydas ^af   Kania, Wojciech ^r   Korpimäki, Erkki ^t   Krams, Indrikis ^ag   Laaksonen, Toni ^t   Leclercq, Bernard ^ah   Lehikoinen, Esa ^t   Loukola, Olli ^w   Lundberg, Arne ^ab   Mainwaring, Mark C ^aa   Mänd, Raivo ^ag   Massa, Bruno ^o   Mazgajski, Tomasz D ^r   Merino, Santiago ^ai   Mitrus, Cezary ^aj   Mönkkönen, Mikko ^g,ak   Morales Fernaz, Judith ^ai   Moreno, Juan ^ai   Morin, Xavier ^g   Nager, Ruedi G ^al   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^am   Nilsson, Sven G ^am   Norte, Ana C ^an   Orell, Markku ^w   Perret, Philippe ^g   Perrins, Christopher M ^ao   Pimentel, Carla S ^ap   Pinxten, Rianne ^s   Priedniece, Ilze ^aq   Quidoz, Marie Claude ^g   Remeš, Vladimir ^ar   Richner, Heinz ^as   Robles, Hugo ^b   Russell, Andy ^g   Rytkönen, Seppo ^w   Senar, Juan Carlos ^at   Seppänen, Janne T ^w   Pascoal da Silva, Luis ^an   Slagsvold, Tore ^au   Solonen, Tapio ^av   Sorace, Alberto ^aw   Stenning, Martyn J ^ax   Török, Janos ^ay   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^az   van Noordwijk, Arie J ^ba   von Numers, Mikael ^bb   Walankiewicz, Wiesaw ^p   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

ⁱ Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^j CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^k Strada Bine   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

ⁿ JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^p SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^q UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^r MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^s Department of Biology ^*  (Belgium)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^u UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^v CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^x UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^y TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^z UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^aa LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ab UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ac Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique   (France)

^ad RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^af Institute of Ecology of Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^ah Crx St Pierre   (France)

^ai MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^al UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^am LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^an UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ap Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^aq Latvijas Dabas Fonds   (Latvia)

^ar PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^as UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^at Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^au UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^av Luontotutkimus Solonen Oy   (Finland)

^aw SROPU   (Italy)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^ay EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^az POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^ba NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^bb ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Geographic location; Habitat; Latitude; Longitude; Nest box floor area; Nest box material

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898000176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12160     Document Type: Article

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