The Importance of Egg Hatchability and Nest Predation in Clutch Size Evolution in Altricial Birds
- 1 August 1985
- Vol. 45 (1) , 110-117
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3565228
Abstract
All the different mortality factors acting on avian offspring can roughly be divided into two groups with respect to their level of action. First, there are dea...This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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