Mixed species nesting associations in Darwin's tree finches: Nesting pattern predicts predation outcome

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-324

  Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a   Sulloway, Frank J ^b   O'Connor, Jody ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Aggregation; Interspecific group; Learning; Reproductive success; Risk taking; Scalesia highlands

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; LEARNING; MATE CHOICE; NEST SITE; NESTING; PREDATION RISK; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; VEGETATION; VIGILANCE;

CAMARHYNCHUS PARVULUS; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; SCALESIA;

EID: 70349195897     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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