Factors related to aggressive nest protection behavior: A comparative study of Holarctic waders

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 409-439

  Larsen, Tore ^a   Sordahl, Tex A ^b   Byrkjedal, Ingvar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Volda College   (Norway)

Author keywords

aggressive nest defence; antipredator behavior; body size; parental care systems; shorebirds

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0029999940     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0045     Document Type: Article

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