Are nest sites actively chosen? Testing a common assumption for three non-resource limited birds

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 598-602

  Goodenough, A E ^a   Elliot, S L ^a,b   Hart, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Landscape ecology; Nest site choice; Population dynamics; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEST BOX; NEST SITE; NESTEDNESS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 70349147341     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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