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Opportunistic use of a Wool-Like Artificial Material as Lining of Tit (Paridae) Nests

Opportunistic use of a Wool-Like Artificial Material as Lining of Tit (Paridae) Nests

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Opportunistic use of a Wool-Like Artificial Material as Lining of Tit (Paridae) Nests

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Opportunistic use of a Wool-Like Artificial Material as Lining of Tit (Paridae) Nests

Publisher

Waco: University of California Press

Journal title

The Condor (Los Angeles, Calif.), 2012-05, Vol.114 (2), p.385-392

Language

English

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Waco: University of California Press

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Contents

The lining material is a key element of bird nests, serving primarily as insulation for the adult, eggs, and/or chicks, but collection of such material has an energetic cost. Our study investigated the nest-building effort of four species of tit (Paridae) in an English wood by quantifying the use of colored wool-like artificial material in nest lin...

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Opportunistic use of a Wool-Like Artificial Material as Lining of Tit (Paridae) Nests

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1020582542

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1020582542

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ISSN

0010-5422

E-ISSN

1938-5129,2732-4621

DOI

10.1525/cond.2012.110111

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