Copying nesting attempts in a new site may be the wrong choice. A case in the European Bee-eater (<em>Merops apiaster</em>)
Insistent nesting attempts by a group of European Beeeaters in a new site, a pebbly bank of the middle course of Trebbia River, northern Italy, mostly failed because of the unmovable pebbles encountered during tunnel excavation. The birds later nested in an artificial sand heap, with full success th...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
PAGEPress Publications
2021-01-01
|
| Series: | Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://sisn.pagepress.org/index.php/rio/article/view/478 |