Female penduline tits (Remiz pendulinus) choosing high quality nests benefit by decreased incubation effort and increased hatching success

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 274-279

  Grubbauer, Pia ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hatching success; Incubation; Insulation capacity; Nest quality; Nest size

Indexed keywords

REMIZ PENDULINUS;

CLUTCH SIZE; HATCHING SUCCESS; INCUBATION; NEST QUALITY; NEST SIZE; PENDULINE TIT;

EID: 0030432847     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682342     Document Type: Article

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