New software for quantifying incubation behavior from time-series recordings

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 352-356

  Cooper, Caren B ^a   Mills, Harold ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated analysis; Data logger; Incubation rhythm; Raven; The Birdhouse Network

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 28244442813     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-76.4.352     Document Type: Article

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