Nest size and structure variation in two ground nesting passerines, the Skylark Alauda arvensis and the Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla

Ardea

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-218

  Herranz, Jesús ^a   Traba, Juan ^a   Morales, Manuel B ^a   Suárez, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alauda arvensis; Calandrella brachydactyla; Nest size; Nest structure ; Passerines

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; LAYING DATE; NEST STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; PREDATION; THERMOREGULATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; CALANDRELLA BRACHYDACTYLA;

EID: 24044536323     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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