Advantages of clustered nesting for Least Flycatchers in north-central Minnesota

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 756-770

  Perry, Ethan F ^a,b   Andersen, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm calls; Clustered nesting; Empidonax minimus; Habitat preference; Least Flycatcher; Predator deterrence

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRINAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BUTEO PLATYPTERUS; DENDROICA VIRENS; EMPIDONAX MINIMUS;

EID: 0242407512     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7162     Document Type: Article

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