Nest sharing by two Blackbird Turdus merula females

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-81

  Wysocki, Dariusz ^a   Walasz, Kazimierz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breeding; European Blackbird; Nest sharing; Strategies; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PASSERI; TURDUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 3242751302     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.039.0103     Document Type: Article

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