Experimental food supplementation affects the physical development, behaviour and survival of Little Owl Athene noctua nestlings

Ibis

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 755-767

  Perrig, Marco ^a,b   Grüebler, Martin U ^a   Keil, Herbert ^c   Naef Daenzer, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Forschungsgemeinschaft zur Erhaltung einheimischer Eulen eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye coloration; Fledgling behaviour; Fledgling phenotype; Nestling energy supply; Nestling growth; Nestling survival; Partial cross fostering; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ATHENE NOCTUA; AVES;

EID: 84927575293     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12171     Document Type: Article

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