Adaptation or ecological trap? Altered nest-site selection by Reed Parrotbills after an extreme flood

Adaptation or ecological trap? Altered nest-site selection by Reed Parrotbills after an extreme flood

Abstract Background Floods and other extreme events have disastrous effects on wetland breeding birds. However, such events and their consequences are difficult to study due to their rarity and unpredictable occurrence. Methods Here we compared nest-sites chosen by Reed Parrotbills (Paradoxornis heu...

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Main Authors: Laikun Ma, Jianwei Zhang, Jianping Liu, Canchao Yang, Wei Liang, Anders Pape Møller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Avian Research
Subjects:
Ecological trap
Floods
Nest-site selection
Paradoxornis heudei
Phenotypic plasticity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40657-019-0141-1

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