The effect of observers visiting the nests of passerines: An experimental study

Bird Study

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-65

  Mayer Gross, H ^a   Crick, H Q P ^a   Greenwood, J J D ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carduelis; Fringilla; Prunella; Pyrrhula; Sylvia; Troglodytes; Turdus

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; NEST SUCCESS; OBSERVED EFFECT; PASSERINE;

UK;

FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; TURDIDAE;

EID: 0030613120     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461038     Document Type: Article

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