Use of nest-boxes by the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata): Implications for reproductive success and research

Emu

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-319

  Griffith, Simon C ^a   Pryke, Sarah R ^a   Mariette, Mylene ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial cavity; Cavity nest; Reproductive ecology

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; NEST BOX; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 57649212011     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU08033     Document Type: Article

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