The functional significance of multiple nest-building in the Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis

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Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-404

  Berg, Mathew L ^a,b,c   Beintema, Nienke H ^a   Welbergen, Justin A ^b   Komdeur, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS AUSTRALIS; AVES;

EID: 33745834807     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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