Observations of fecal sac disposal by Eastern Bluebirds

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 205-207

  Lang, Jason D ^a   Straight, Carrie A ^a   Gowaty, Patricia Adair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Bluebird; Fecal sac; Nest sanitation; Predator avoidance; Sialia sialis

Indexed keywords

SIALIA SIALIS; SIALIS;

EID: 0036183966     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0205:OOFSDB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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