Nest size, nest building behaviour and breeding success in a species with nest reuse: The white stork Ciconia ciconia

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 184-194

  Vergara, Pablo ^a,b   Gordo, Oscar ^a   Aguirre, José I ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FITNESS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION; WADER;

EID: 77955706063     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.047.0303     Document Type: Article

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