First-egg date and air temperature affect nest construction in Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus, but not in Great Tits Parus major

Bird Study

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-89

  Britt, Jennifer ^a   Deeming, D Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BARK; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEATHER; GRASS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ENGLAND; LINCOLNSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; POACEAE;

EID: 79951877723     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2010.524916     Document Type: Article

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