Nest-site selection of passerines: Effects of geographic scale and public and personal information

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2034-2046

  Citta, John J ^a,c   Lindberg, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspecific information; Dispersal; Habitat selection; Mountain Bluebird; Nest site selection; Public information; Sialia currucoides

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CONSPECIFIC; DISPERSAL; HABITAT QUALITY; HATCHING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; SIALIA CURRUCOIDES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; CUES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 35148878323     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0036.1     Document Type: Article

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