The thermoregulatory benefits of the communal nest of sociable weavers Philetairus socius are spatially structured within nests

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-110

  Van Dijk, René E ^a   Kaden, Jennifer C ^a   Argüelles Ticó, Araceli ^a   Beltran, L Marcela ^a   Paquet, Matthieu ^b   Covas, Rita ^c,d,e   Doutrelant, Claire ^b   Hatchwell, Ben J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); LIFESTYLE; NEST STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS; PHILETARIUS SOCIUS;

EID: 84874521489     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05797.x     Document Type: Article

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