Nest positioning by male Daito White-eyes Zosterops japonicus daitoensis improves with age to reduce nest predation risk

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 285-295

  Horie, Sayaka ^a   Takagi, Masaoki ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related reproduction; Constraint hypothesis; Nest positioning skills

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST PREDATION; NESTLING; PASSERINE; POSITIONING; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; ZOSTEROPIDAE; ZOSTEROPS JAPONICUS;

EID: 84858277145     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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