Plasticity of nest-site selection in the trumpeter finch: A comparison between two different habitats

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-506

  Barrientos, Rafael ^a   Valera, Francisco ^a   Barbosa, Andrés ^a   Carrillo, Carmen M ^a   Moreno, Eulalia ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding biology; Bucanetes githagineus; Habitat selection; Island biogeography; Nest predation; Predator pressure

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SITE SELECTION; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FUERTEVENTURA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TABERNAS;

BUCANETES GITHAGINEUS; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 67349202792     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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