Alternative nesting behaviours following colonisation of a novel environment by a passerine bird

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1473-1480

  Yeh, Pamela J ^a   Hauber, Mark E ^b   Price, Trevor D ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FITNESS; HERITABILITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

AVES; JUNCO (AVES); JUNCO HYEMALIS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 34548027276     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15910.x     Document Type: Article

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