The effects of predation risk on scanning and flocking behavior in Dunlin

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 607-612

  Barbosa, Andres ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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CALIDRIS ALPINA;

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