The effect of egg coloration on predation of artificial ground nests

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 591-594

  Jobin, Benoît ^a,b   Picman, Jaroslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial nest; Egg coloration; Nest concealment; Predation

Indexed keywords

EGG COLOUR; GROUND NESTING BIRD; NEST CONCEALMENT; PREDATION; UPLAND HABITAT;

EID: 0031284692     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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