Nest composition adjustments by Chinese bulbuls pycnonotus sinensis in an Urbanized landscape of Hangzhou (E China)

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-192

  Wang, Yanping ^a   Chen, Shuihua ^b   Blair, Robert B ^c   Jiang, Pingping ^a   Ding, Ping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Museum of Natural History   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anthropogenic nesting material; Breeding; Chinese Bulbul; Land use; Nest composition; Pycnonotus sinensis; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; HANGZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

AVES; PYCNONOTIDAE; PYCNONOTUS SINENSIS;

EID: 77950963332     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164509X482768     Document Type: Article

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