Aromatic plants in nests of blue tits: positive effects on nestlings

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-574

  Mennerat, Adèle ^a,b   Perret, Philippe ^a   Bourgault, Patrice ^c   Blondel, Jacques ^a   Gimenez, Olivier ^a   Thomas, Don W ^c   Heeb, Philipp ^b   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

blue tit; body size; brood enlargement; chick condition; chick growth; Cyanistes caeruleus; feather development; haematocrit; nest construction; nest greenery; parental care

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEATHER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCUBATION; MOSS; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; POULTRY; SURVIVAL;

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 59849120301     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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