Nest predation is little affected by parental behaviour and nest site in two African Sylvia warblers

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-175

  Schaefer, Hans Christian ^a,b   Eshiamwata, George W ^b   Munyekenye, Fred B ^b   Griebeler, Eva Maria ^a   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Nest attentiveness; Nest visitation rate; Parental activity; Skutch's hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PARENTAL CARE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AVES; SYLVIA; SYLVIA BOEHMI; SYLVIA LUGENS;

EID: 17644374143     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0076-7     Document Type: Article

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