Nest construction costs affect nestling growth: A field experiment in a cavity-nesting passerine

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-145

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Lobato, Elisa ^a   González Braojos, Sonia ^a   Castañeda, Rafael Ruiz De ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

brooding; incubation; nest building effort; nest construction; nest mass; nestling growth; Pied Flycatcher

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BROOD SIZE; CAVITY; FIELDWORK; FLEDGING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST BOX; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79551633679     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164510X551291     Document Type: Article

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