Adaptive latitudinal variation in Common Blackbird Turdus merula nest characteristics

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 851-861

  Mainwaring, Mark C ^a   Deeming, D Charles ^b   Jones, Chris I ^c   Hartley, Ian R ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insulation quality; Latitude; Nest composition; Nest size; Spring temperature; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896301063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.952     Document Type: Article

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