The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: A review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Lambrechts, Marcel M ^a   Adriaensen, Frank ^b   Ardia, Daniel R ^c   Artemyev, Alexandr V ^d   Atiénzar, Francisco ^e   Bańbura, Jerzy ^f   Barba, Emilio ^e   Bouvier, Jean Charles ^g   Camprodon, Jordi ^h   Cooper, Caren B ⁱ   Dawson, Russell D ^j   Eens, Marcel ^k   Eeva, Tapio ^l   Faivre, Bruno ^m   Garamszegi, Laszlo Z ⁿ   Goodenough, Anne E ^o   Gosler, Andrew G ^p   Grégoire, Arnaud ^q   Griffith, Simon C ^r   Gustafsson, Lars ^s   Johnson, L Scott ^t   Kania, Wojciech ^u   Keišs, Oskars ^v   Llambias, Paulo E ^w   Mainwaring, Mark C ^x   Mänd, Raivo ^y   Massa, Bruno ^z   Mazgajski, Tomasz D ^u   Møller, Anders Pape ^aa,ab   Moreno, Juan ^ac   Naef Daenzer, Beat ^ad   Nilsson, Jan Ke ^ae   Norte, Ana C ^af   Orell, Markku ^ag   Otter, Ken A ^j   Park, Chan Ryul ^ah   Perrins, Christopher M ^p   Pinowski, Jan ^ai   Porkert, Jiri ^aj   Potti, Jaime ⁿ   Remes, Vladimir ^ak   Richner, Heinz ^al   Rytkönen, Seppo ^ag   Shiao, Ming Tang ^am   Silverin, Bengt ^an   Slagsvold, Tore ^ao   Smith, Henrik G ^ae   Sorace, Alberto ^ap   Stenning, Martyn J ^aq   Stewart, Ian ^ar   Thompson, Charles F ^as   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^at   Török, Janos ^au   Noordwijk, Arie J Van ^av   Winkler, David W ^aw   Ziane, Nadia ^ax   more..

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^h CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

ⁱ Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k Building C ^*  (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

ⁿ DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^q CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^r MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^s UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^t Owson University   (United States)

^u MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^v UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^w INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^x LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^z UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^aa UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^ab Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

^ac MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^ad SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^ae LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^af UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^ah Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

^ai CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^aj Palacky University ^*  (Czech Republic)

^ak PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^al UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^am NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^an UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^ap SROPU   (Italy)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^as ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^at EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^au POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^av NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^aw Département de Biologie ^*  (United States)

^ax BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

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Author keywords

Cyanistes; Ficedula; field experiments; flycatcher; methods; nest sites; nestboxes; Parus; passerines; secondary cavity nesting birds; tit

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; MONITORING; NEST BOX; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 77955620940     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164510X516047     Document Type: Review

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