Nest site selection in a hot desert: Trade-off between microclimate and predation risk?

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-124

  Tieleman, B Irene ^a   van Noordwijk, Hendrik J ^a   Williams, Joseph B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaemon alaudipes; Desert; Egg temperature; Hoopoe Lark; Incubation; Microclimate; Nest predation

Indexed keywords

ALAEMON ALAUDIPES; ALAUDIDAE; UPUPIDAE;

EID: 67649791891     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.110.1.116     Document Type: Article

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