Old nests are cues for suitable breeding sites in the Eurasian penduline tit Remiz pendulinus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-6

  Gergely, Zsófía ^a,c   Mészáros, Lídia A ^a   Szabad, János ^a   Székely, Tamás ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HABITAT QUALITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; SITE SELECTION;

AVES; REMIZ PENDULINUS;

EID: 58249100051     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04582.x     Document Type: Article

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