Green plants in starling nests: Effects on nestlings

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 301-309

  Gwinner, Helga ^a   Oltrogge, Martina ^a   Trost, Lisa ^a   Nienaber, Uli ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BODY CONDITION; HERB; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; PHTHIRAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0033844915     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1306     Document Type: Article

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