Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3583-3595

  Møller, Anders P ^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   Charmantier, Anne ^g   Charter, Motti ^l,m   Cichoń, Mariusz ⁿ   Cusimano, Camillo ^o   Czeszczewik, Dorota ^p   Demeyrier, Virginie ^g   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 ^l   Goodenough, Anne E ^y   Gosler, Andrew G ^z   Góźdź, Iga ^r   Grégoire, Arnaud ^aa   Gustafsson, Lars ^ab   Hartley, Ian R ^ac   Heeb, Philipp ^ad   Hinsley, Shelley A ^ae   Isenmann, Paul ^g   Jacob, Staffan ^ad   Järvinen, Antero ^af   Juškaitis, Rimvydas ^ag   Korpimäki, Erkki ^t   Krams, Indrikis ^ah   Laaksonen, Toni ^t   Leclercq, Bernard ^ai   Lehikoinen, Esa ^t   Loukola, Olli ^w   Lundberg, Arne ^aj   Mainwaring, Mark C ^ac   Mänd, Raivo ^ah   Massa, Bruno ^o   Mazgajski, Tomasz D ^r   Merino, Santiago ^ak   Mitrus, Cezary ^al   Mönkkönen, Mikko ^g,am   Morales Fernaz, Judith ^ak   Morin, Xavier ^g   Nager, Ruedi G ^an   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^ao   Nilsson, Sven G ^ao   Norte, Ana C ^ap   Orell, Markku ^w   Perret, Philippe ^g   Pimentel, Carla S ^aq   Pinxten, Rianne ^s   Priedniece, Ilze ^ar   Quidoz, Marie Claude ^g   Remeš, Vladimir ^as   Richner, Heinz ^at   Robles, Hugo ^b,au   Rytkönen, Seppo ^w   Senar, Juan Carlos ^av   Seppänen, Janne T ^am   da Silva, Luís P ^ap   Slagsvold, Tore ^aw   Solonen, Tapio ^ax   Sorace, Alberto ^ay   Stenning, Martyn J ^az   Török, János ^ba   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^bb   van Noordwijk, Arie J ^bc   von Numers, Mikael ^bd   Walankiewicz, Wieslaw ^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 UPMC University Paris 06   (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 University of Turku ^*  (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 UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^z UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^aa CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^ab UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ac LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ad Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique   (France)

^ae CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^af UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^ag Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^ai Crx St Pierre   (France)

^aj UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ak MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^al UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^am UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^an UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^ao LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^aq Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^ar Latvijas Dabas Fonds   (Latvia)

^as PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^at UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^au UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^av Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^ax Luontotutkimus Solonen Oy   (Finland)

^ay SROPU   (Italy)

^az UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^ba EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^bb POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^bc NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^bd ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Hole nesting; Natural holes; Nest boxes; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84921985448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1189     Document Type: Article

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