Adaptive plasticity in nest-site selection in response to changing predation risk

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 487-499

  Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a,b,c   Weiss, Ingo ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST SITE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS FUSCATUS; TAMIAS; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 1542379016     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.1999.12698.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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