Multidimensional environmental predictors of variation in avian forest and city life histories

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 59-68

  Sprau, Philipp ^a   Mouchet, Alexia ^b   Dingemanse, Niels J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial light; Great tit; Life history; Noise; Reproductive success; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031675667     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/BEHECO/ARW130     Document Type: Article

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