Ant presence in acacias: An association that maximizes nesting success in birds?

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 563-566

  De Ita, Adán Oliveras ^a   Rojas Soto, Octavio R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTIFICIAL NEST; BIRD; COMMENSALISM; EGG PREDATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEGUME; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ACACIA; ACACIA HINDSII; AVES; FORMICIDAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 34249086560     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-070.1     Document Type: Article

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