Great tits, Parus major, lay too many eggs: experimental evidence in mid‐boreal habitats
This study shows that great tits lay too large clutches in mid‐boreal habitats. First, breeding success, measured with number of fledglings or proportion of eggs that produce fledglings, in northern Finland (65°N) is much poorer than in central and western Europe. Second, brood size manipulations (c...
Published in: | Oikos |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2001
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.930309.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1034%2Fj.1600-0706.2001.930309.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.930309.x |