Nest-dismantling behavior of the hair-crested Drongo in Central China: An adaptive behavior for increasing fitness?

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-201

  Li, Jianqiang ^a   Lin, Songtao ^a   Wang, Yong ^a,b   Zhang, Zhengwang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding ecology; Dicrurus hottentottus; Fitness; Hair crested Drongo; Nest dismantling; Post fledging

Indexed keywords

AVES; DICRURUS HOTTENTOTTUS;

EID: 67650258145     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080051     Document Type: Article

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