Breeding ecology of ground tits in northeastern Tibetan plateau, with special reference to cooperative breeding system

Data on breeding ecology of a color-band marked population of the ground tit Parus humilis were collected in north Qinghai on the Tibetan plateau, during 2008 and 2009. In spring the birds excavated 0.8-3.2 m long nesting burrows under the ground. First-egg laying occurred between late April and lat...

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Main Author: Xin LU, Ran HUO, Yang LI, Wenbo LIAO, Chen WANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2011-12-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11953