Latitudinal trends in within-year reoccupation of nest boxes and their implications

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-39

  Cooper, Caren B ^a   Hochachka, Wesley M ^a   Dhondt, André A ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MULTIPLE BROODING; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; RANGE SIZE; SITE FIDELITY;

AVES; SIALIA; SIALIA SIALIS; SIALIS;

EID: 13444254164     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03319.x     Document Type: Article

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