Variation in the structure of bird nests between northern Manitoba and Southeastern Ontario

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Crossman, Carla A ^a,c   Rohwer, Vanya G ^a   Martin, Paul R ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Yanayacu Biological Station   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS FLAMMEA; DENDROICA; DENDROICA PETECHIA; EMBERIZINAE; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERCULUS; PASSERIFORMES; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; CANADA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955718001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019086     Document Type: Article

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