Nest cavity orientation in black-capped chickadees Poecile atricapillus: Do the acoustic properties of cavities influence sound reception in the nest and extra-pair matings?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 477-482

  Mennill, Daniel J ^a,b,c   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; MICROCLIMATE; NEST; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION; PASSERINE;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; AVES; BETULA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; POECILE; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 8744291913     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03351.x     Document Type: Article

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