Burrow use by Tibetan Ground Tits Pseudopodoces humilis: Coping with life at high altitudes

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-331

  Ke, Dianhua ^a   Lu, Xin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine habitats; Behaviour; Excavation; Passerines; Thermal constraints

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BREEDING; BUBBLE; BURROW; ENDEMISM; EXCAVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; PASSERINE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

AVES; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PSEUDOPODOCES HUMILIS;

EID: 63049137884     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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