Nest scrape design and clutch heat loss in Pectoral Sandpipers (Calidris melanotos)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-312

  Reid, J M ^a,e   Cresswell, W ^b   Holt, S ^c   Mellanby, R J ^c   Whitfield, D P ^d   Ruxton, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction behaviour; Cost of incubation; Egg temperature; Nest lining; Optimal behaviour

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; EGG; NEST STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS MELANOTOS; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036084119     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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