Effects of nestboxes on the breeding biology of Southern House Wrens Troglodytes aedon bonariae in the southern temperate zone

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-121

  Llambías, Paulo E ^a   Fernández, Gustavo J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Nest success; Polygyny; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; NEST BOX; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; BOS; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 58149091621     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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