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Provisioning with cereal grain depresses the body condition of insectivorous Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella nestlings

David J. T. Douglas, Auteur ; Steve J. Moreby, Auteur ; Tim G. Benton, Auteur

Dans Bird Study (59(1) FEB 2012)

Capsule The body condition of nestling Yellowhammers was negatively correlated with the amount of cereal grain in the diet. This supports the hypothesis that cereal grain is an inferior nestling food relative to invertebrates. Cereal grain is fr[...]

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