Microclimate and nest-site selection in Micronesian Kingfishers

Pacific Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 499-508

  Kesler, Dylan C ^a,b   Haig, Susan M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; MICROCLIMATE; NEST SITE; TEMPERATURE;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; MICRONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POHNPEI [(STT) FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA]; WORLD;

ALCEDINIDAE; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES; TERMITARIA; TODIRHAMPHUS CINNAMOMINUS;

EID: 25444445566     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2005.0045     Document Type: Article

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