Latitudinal variation in day length and working day length has a confounding effect when comparing nest attentiveness in tropical and temperate species

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 481-489

  Shaw, Phil ^a,b   Cresswell, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Day length; Great Tit Parus major; Latitudinal variation; Nest attentiveness; Stripe breasted Tit Parus fasciiventer; Working day

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

UGANDA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PARUS FASCIIVENTER; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 84897371820     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-1029-1     Document Type: Article

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