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Factors Affecting the Duration of Nestling Period and Fledging Order in Tengmalm’s Owl (Aegolius funereus): Effect of Wing Length and Hatching Sequence

In altricial birds, the nestling period is an important part of the breeding phase because the juveniles may spend quite a long time in the nest, with associated high energy costs for the parents. The length of the nestling period can be variable and its duration may be influenced by both biotic and...

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Autores principales: Kouba, Marek, Bartoš, Luděk, Korpimäki, Erkki, Zárybnická, Markéta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4368509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25793880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121641