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SUBMITTER: Zarybnicka M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4596578 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zárybnická Markéta M Riegert Jan J Brejšková Lucie L Šindelář Jiří J Kouba Marek M Hanel Jan J Popelková Alena A Menclová Petra P Tomášek Václav V Šťastný Karel K
PloS one 20151007 10
In altricial birds, energy supply during growth is a major predictor of the physical condition and survival prospects of fledglings. A number of experimental studies have shown that nestling body mass and wing length can vary with particular extrinsic factors, but between-year observational data on this topic are scarce. Based on a seven-year observational study in a central European Tengmalm's owl population we examine the effect of year, brood size, hatching order, and sex on nestling body mas ...[more]