Local temperature and not latitude determines the design of Blue Tit and Great Tit nests

Avian Biology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 203-208

  Deeming, D Charles ^a   Mainwaring, Mark C ^b   Hartley, Ian R ^a,b   Reynolds, S James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Cyanistes caeruleus; Insulation quality; Latitude; Nest design; Parus major; Spring temperature

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICK; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MASS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; REARING;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84872407452     PISSN: 17581559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/175815512X13528874959581     Document Type: Article

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