Nest reuse by Eastern Kingbirds: Adaptive behavior or ecological constraint?

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 463-468

  Redmond, Lucas J ^a   Murphy, Michael T ^a   Dolan, Amy C ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg mass; Interspecific competition; Nest reuse; Timing of breeding; Tyrannus tyrannus

Indexed keywords

TYRANNUS; TYRANNUS TYRANNUS;

EID: 34248647911     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[463:NRBEKA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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