Daily patterns of nest visits are correlated with ambient temperature in the Northern Wheatear

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-519

  Low, Matthew ^a   Eggers, Sönke ^a   Arlt, Debora ^a   Pärt, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Feeding rate; Food availability; Offspring provisioning; Starvation predation risk

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; PREDATION RISK; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AVES; OENANTHE (AVES); OENANTHE OENANTHE;

EID: 52949140530     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0300-3     Document Type: Article

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