Does egg colour affect predation rate on open passerine nests?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 456-464

  Weidinger, Karel ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Egg crypsis; Nest concealment; Nest predation; Nest site

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CRYPSIS; EGG PREDATION; EGGSHELL; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK;

EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 0035025681     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100324     Document Type: Article

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