A high incidence of non-cavity nesting in an introduced population of House Sparrows suggests that the species should not be constrained by cavity-nest site availability

Abstract Background The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) has undergone dramatic population declines in many parts of Europe. It has been widely hypothesised that a lack of cavity nest sites has contributed to this decline. However the idea of the House Sparrow being nest site limited is somewhat in...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Louise Sheldon, Simon Charles Griffith
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-11-01
Colecção:Avian Research
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Acesso em linha:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40657-017-0087-0