Calcium effects on life-history traits in a wild population of the great tit (Parus major): analysis of long-term data at several spatial scales.
Calcium is an essential micronutrient for birds during egg formation and for skeletal development in nestlings. Habitat level studies suggest that birds breeding in low-calcium areas may be limited in the size or number of eggs they lay and in the quality of their nestlings. However, as birds forage...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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