• DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0097504
Corpus ID: 599365

Perching of Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus) Nestlings at the Nest Box Entrance: Effect of Time of the Day, Age, Wing Length and Body Weight

@article{Kouba2014PerchingOT,
  title={Perching of Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus) Nestlings at the Nest Box Entrance: Effect of Time of the Day, Age, Wing Length and Body Weight},
  author={M. Kouba and L. Barto{\vs} and Mark{\'e}ta Z{\'a}rybnick{\'a}},
  journal={PLoS ONE},
  year={2014},
  volume={9}
}

M. Kouba, L. Bartoš, Markéta Zárybnická

Published 2014

Biology, Medicine

PLoS ONE

The behaviour of the nestlings of nocturnal cavity-nesting species has relatively rarely been studied in detail because of problems connected with use of the technical devices required to provide long-term monitoring of individuals. However, long-term observation of nestling behaviour is crucial in order to identify different types of behaviour which may be caused by sibling competition at the end of nesting period. We studied behaviour of 43 Tengmalm's owl (Aegolius funereus) nestlings at 14… CONTINUE READING

View PDF

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

Launch Research Feed