Natural and experimental nest-switching in Barn Owl Tyto alba fledglings

Ardea

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-245

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Emancipation; Kin recognition; Nest switching; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003359598     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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