Thermal environment of the nest during development of Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) chicks

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 845-851

  Chaplin, Susan B ^a   Cervenka, Mora L ^a   Mickelson, Alison C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; NEST; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036656395     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089986     Document Type: Article

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