Do wood ducks use the quantity of eggs in a nest as a cue to the nest's value?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 794-801

  Odell, Nicole S ^a   Eadie, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aix sponsa; brood parasitism; clutch size; nest site; nest site cue; wood duck

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BROOD PARASITISM; CLUTCH SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHING; HOST PREFERENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST SITE; WATERFOWL;

AIX; AIX SPONSA; AVES;

EID: 77954354007     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq055     Document Type: Article

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