Effect of neighbour visibility on nest attendance patterns of Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in loose colonies

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Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 858-862

  Fujita, Go ^a   Higuchi, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost of colonial nesting; Mirror placement; Obstruction removal

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COLONY STRUCTURE; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; NEST; NESTLING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; VISIBILITY;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 80052580365     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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