Variation in song sparrow nest defense: Individual consistency and relationship to nest success

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 282-289

  Hatch, Margret I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

female age; Melospiza melodia; nest defense; nest succes; Song Sparrow

Indexed keywords

CAURINUS; CORVUS CAURINUS; JUNCO; JUNCO HYEMALIS; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0030942627     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369934     Document Type: Article

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