Nestbox size affects mass and proportions of materials used in Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus nests. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Charles Deeming, D.; Morton, Fleur E. M.; Laverack, Kirsty L.
• Is Part Of: Bird study. Volume 66:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 130
• Page End: 135
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Birds -- Ecology -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Birds -- Conservation -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Birds -- Ecology -- Periodicals; Birds -- Conservation -- Periodicals; Birds -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Birds -- Geographical distribution -- Periodicals; Birds -- Counting -- Periodicals; 598.170941
• DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2019.1618243
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0006-3657

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Increasing nestbox size affects mass of whole nests and the moss component but not proportions of nest materials except for feathers, which are inversely correlated with nestbox floor area.