Observations on the Nesting Habits of the Phainopepla

The Condor ◽  
1908 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
Harriet Williams Myers
Keyword(s):  
Nesting Habits

Body Temperature of Birds in Relation to Nesting Habits

Nature ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 197 (4865) ◽  
pp. 401-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. P. M. PROZESKY
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Nesting Habits

scholarly journals Nesting Habits of Birds in Mississippi (Concluded)

The Auk ◽  
1905 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Stockard
Keyword(s):  
Nesting Habits

scholarly journals Nesting Habits of Empidonax insulicola

The Auk ◽  
1897 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-406
Keyword(s):  
Nesting Habits

Ecology of the Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile perihirta Ckll. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Relation to Production of Alfalfa Seed

1956 ◽  
Vol 88 (11) ◽  
pp. 625-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
Flight Period ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Southern Alberta ◽  
Alfalfa Seed ◽  
Nesting Habits ◽  
Mixed Prairie ◽  
Ground Nesting ◽  
Distribution Frequency

The relative importance as pollinators of alfalfa of each of the 14 species of Megachile that occur in southern Alberta has been assessed on the basis of Alberta distribution, frequency and abundance in mixed prairie, nesting habits, pollen preferences, and flight period; two ground-nesting species of the subgenus Xanthosarus Rob., Megachile perihirta Ckll. and M. dentitarsus Slad., were judged the principal pollinators (Hobbs and Lilly, 1954).

Nesting Habits of Neotropical Social Wasps

2020 ◽  
pp. 85-98
Author(s):  
Bruno Corrêa Barbosa ◽  
Tatiane Tagliatti Maciel ◽  
Fábio Prezoto
Keyword(s):  
Social Wasps ◽  
Nesting Habits

scholarly journals Nesting Habits of Leconte's Sparrow

The Auk ◽  
1901 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. B. Peabody
Keyword(s):  
Nesting Habits

Smelling home: a good solution for burrow-finding in nocturnal petrels?

2002 ◽  
Vol 205 (16) ◽  
pp. 2519-2523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Bonadonna ◽  
Vincent Bretagnolle
Keyword(s):  
Olfactory System ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Zinc Sulphate ◽  
Olfactory Cues ◽  
Nocturnal Activity ◽  
Complete Darkness ◽  
Visual Guidance ◽  
Nest Recognition ◽  
Return Home ◽  
Nesting Habits

SUMMARY Many burrowing petrels are able to return to their nests in complete darkness. The well-developed anatomy of their olfactory system and the attraction that food-related odour cues have for some petrel species suggest that olfaction may be used to recognize the burrow. In contrast,surface-nesting petrels may rely on visual cues to recognise their nest. We performed experiments on nine species of petrel (with different nesting habits) rendered anosmic either by plugging the nostrils or by injecting zinc sulphate onto the nasal epithelium. Compared with shamtreated control birds,we found that anosmia impaired nest recognition only in species that nest in burrows and that return home in darkness. Therefore, petrels showing nocturnal activity on land may rely on their sense of smell to find their burrows, while petrels showing diurnal activity or surface nesters may disregard olfactory cues in favour of visual guidance.

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