Microclimate of nesting burrows of the Rainbow Bee-eater

Emu

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-114

  Lill, Alan ^a,b   Fell, Peter J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BURROWING; ENDOTHERMY; JUVENILE; MICROCLIMATE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; THERMOREGULATION;

APOIDEA; AVES; MEROPS ORNATUS;

EID: 34250832807     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU06046     Document Type: Article

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