Nest distance mediates the costs of coloniality in Eared Grebes

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 470-477

  Hill, Wendy L ^a   Jones, Kerry J ^a,b   Hardenbergh, Cynthia L ^a   Browne, Marybeth ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Brood parasitism; Coloniality; Eared Grebe; Infanticide; Nest density; Podiceps nigricollis; Predation

Indexed keywords

FULICA AMERICANA; PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS; PODICIPEDIDAE; RALLIDAE;

AGGRESSION; BROOD PARASITISM; COLONIAL BREEDING; EARED GREBE; INFANTICIDE; NESTING DENSITY; PREDATION;

USA, OREGON, MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE;

EID: 0031284416     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521597     Document Type: Article

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