Repeatability of nest morphology in African weaver birds

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-151

  Walsh, Patrick T ^a,b   Hansell, Mike ^c   Borello, Wendy D ^d   Healy, Susan D ^a,b  

^a School of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Experience; Nest building; Repeatability; Weaver bird

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEST; NEST STRUCTURE; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PLOCEINAE; PLOCEUS CUCULLATUS; PLOCEUS VELATUS;

EID: 77951450565     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0664     Document Type: Article

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