Conspecific attraction and nest site selection in a nomadic species, the zebra finch

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 823-834

  Mariette, Mylene M ^a,b,c   Griffith, Simon C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84861463606     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20014.x     Document Type: Article

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