This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Considerable attention has been directed toward documenting the effects of environmental chemicals on the endocrine systems of vertebrates, ...

Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 44, No. 4 (JULY 2013), pp. 305-310 (6 pages) The nest environment can have important influences on incubation behavior and nestling development in birds. Nest thermal ...

An annual project by the Juneau Audubon Society to provide boxes for tree swallows to nest in the City and Borough of Juneau had a successful year gathering data, even as the population of birds ...

Placement, construction, shape and material are essential nest considerations. Each species meets its own needs with its own style, developed over eons. Many bird species employ feathers in their ...

SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...