Does shading behavior of incubating shorebirds in hot environments cool the eggs or the adults?

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 717-724

  Downs, Colleen T ^a,b   Ward, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; NEST SHADING; SHADING BEHAVIOUR; SHOREBIRD;

AVES; VANELLUS CORONATUS;

EID: 0030963626     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089291     Document Type: Article

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