Nest construction by a ground-nesting bird represents a potential trade-off between egg crypticity and thermoregulation (Oecologia DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1266-9);Nest construction by a ground-nesting bird represents a potential trade-off between egg crypticity and thermoregulation

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 893-901

  Mayer, Paul M ^a   Smith, Levica M ^b,d   Ford, Robert G ^a   Watterson, Dustin C ^b   McCutchen, Marshall D ^a   Ryan, Mark R ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti predation; Charadrius melodus; Egg crypsis; Nest construction; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CRYPSIS; INCUBATION; PREDATION; THERMOREGULATION;

AVES; CHARADRIUS MELODUS;

EID: 62149110808     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1311-3     Document Type: Erratum

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