Patterns of nest predation contribute to polygyny in the great reed warbler

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 319-328

  Hansson, Bengt ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^a   Hasselquist, Dennis ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Great Reed Warbler; Mating system; Nest predation; Nest site selection; Polygyny; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

NEST; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; POLYGYNY;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; BOTAURUS STELLARIS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES; RALLUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 0033946645     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0319:PONPCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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