An experimental test of the function of sticks in the nests of House Wrens

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 841-844

  Alworth, Tom ^a  

^a E N Huyck Preserve Biol Res Stn   (United States)

Author keywords

House Wren; nest building; nesting success; sex roles in nest building; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 0030448119     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369866     Document Type: Article

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