Construction patterns of birds’ nests provide insight into nest-building behaviours
Previous studies have suggested that birds and mammals select materials needed for nest building based on their thermal or structural properties, although the amounts or properties of the materials used have been recorded for only a very small number of species. Some of the behaviours underlying the...
Main Authors: | Lucia Biddle, Adrian M. Goodman, D. Charles Deeming |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-02-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/3010.pdf |
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