The Effect of Temperature and Clutch Size on the Energetic Cost of Incubation in a Free-Living Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
Abstract The energetic cost of incubation of a free-living Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) female was studied during two breeding seasons by measuring the rate of oxygen consumption in a nest box converted into a metabolic chamber. Like its congeners, only the female Blue Tit incubates and during that ti...
| Published in: | The Auk |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
1985
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/102.3.470 http://academic.oup.com/auk/article-pdf/102/3/470/30080561/auk0470.pdf |