Grassland birds orient nests relative to nearby vegetation

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 450-456

  Hoekman, Steven T ^a,b   Ball, I J ^a   Fondell, Thomas E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Alaska Biological Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; GRASSLAND; MICROHABITAT; NEST SITE; ORIENTATION; SITE SELECTION; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS CYANOPTERA; ANAS DISCORS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANAS STREPERA; ASIO; ASIO FLAMMEUS; AVES; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; STREPERA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0038198494     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0450:GBONRT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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