Environmental effects at two nested spatial scales on habitat choice and breeding performance of barn swallow

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 491-508

  Ambrosini, Roberto ^a   Saino, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding habitat choice; Cross fostering; Hierarchical linear models; Hirundo rustica; Parental effects

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HABITAT SELECTION; HATCHING; MICROHABITAT; NESTLING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77952744432     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9321-5     Document Type: Article

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