Chilean swallows (Tachycineta meyeni) adjust the number of feathers added to the nest with time of breeding

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-788

  Liljesthröm, Marcela ^a   Schiavini, Adrián ^a   Reboreda, Juan C ^b  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARGENTINA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; POACEAE; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA MEYENI;

EID: 72649085947     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/09-018.1     Document Type: Article

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