Temporal and individual variation in offspring provisioning by tree swallows: A new method of automated nest attendance monitoring

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rose, Alexandra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWALLOW (BIRD); TIME; WIND;

AVES; TACHYCINETA;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWALLOWS; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

EID: 58149477905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004111     Document Type: Article

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