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Dynamics in numbers of group-roosting individuals in relation to pair-sleeping occurrence and onset of egg-laying in European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster. / Pârâu, Liviu G. (Corresponding author); Kingma, Sjouke A.; Weigl, Simon E.; Dugdale, Hannah L.; Lessells, Catherine M.; Schroeder, Julia.

In: Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 158, No. 4, 10.2017, p. 1119-1122.

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Pârâu, LG, Kingma, SA, Weigl, SE, Dugdale, HL, Lessells, CM & Schroeder, J 2017, 'Dynamics in numbers of group-roosting individuals in relation to pair-sleeping occurrence and onset of egg-laying in European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster' Journal of Ornithology, vol. 158, no. 4, pp. 1119-1122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1468-1

APA

Pârâu, L. G., Kingma, S. A., Weigl, S. E., Dugdale, H. L., Lessells, C. M., & Schroeder, J. (2017). Dynamics in numbers of group-roosting individuals in relation to pair-sleeping occurrence and onset of egg-laying in European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster. Journal of Ornithology, 158(4), 1119-1122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1468-1

Vancouver

Pârâu LG, Kingma SA, Weigl SE, Dugdale HL, Lessells CM, Schroeder J. Dynamics in numbers of group-roosting individuals in relation to pair-sleeping occurrence and onset of egg-laying in European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster. Journal of Ornithology. 2017 Oct;158(4):1119-1122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1468-1

Author

Pârâu, Liviu G. ; Kingma, Sjouke A. ; Weigl, Simon E. ; Dugdale, Hannah L. ; Lessells, Catherine M. ; Schroeder, Julia. / Dynamics in numbers of group-roosting individuals in relation to pair-sleeping occurrence and onset of egg-laying in European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster. In: Journal of Ornithology. 2017 ; Vol. 158, No. 4. pp. 1119-1122.

BibTeX

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title = "Dynamics in numbers of group-roosting individuals in relation to pair-sleeping occurrence and onset of egg-laying in European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster",
abstract = "Sleeping in the nest at the beginning of the breeding season is common for birds nesting in cavities. Here, we report evidence that European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster sleep in pairs in the nesting burrow. In 3.2{\%} of the nest checks, we found two individuals sleeping together. This behaviour ceased once hatching started. A decrease in the number of birds at a communal roost coincided with the incidences of pair-sleeping and initiation of egg-laying. Thus, checking the burrows of European Bee-eaters at the beginning of the breeding season increases the chance of observing pair-sleeping.",
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