Costs and benefits of nest cover for ptarmigan: Changes within and between years

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1137-1144

  Wiebe, Karen L ^a   Martin, Kathy ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCLIMATE; NEST SITE; PREDATION RISK; SITE SELECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

LAGOPUS LEUCURUS;

EID: 0032212870     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0862     Document Type: Article

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