Variation in nest sites, nesting success, territory size, and frequency of polygyny in Winter Wrens in northern temperate coniferous forests

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-37

  De Santo, Toni L ^a   Willson, Mary F ^a,b   Bartecchi, Kristen M ^a,c   Weinstein, Josh ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Alaska Bird Observatory ^*  (United States)

^c Alaska Bird Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; NEST SITE; POLYGYNY; RAINFOREST; TERRITORIALITY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 1942536566     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/01-129     Document Type: Article

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