Conditioned aversion as a tool to protect eggs from avian predators in Heron colonies

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-72

  Bogliani, Giuseppe ^a   Bellinato, Fiorella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ardeidae; Carbachol; Conditioned aversion; Corvus corone; Egg predation; Emetic; Hooded Crow

Indexed keywords

CARBAMYL CHOLINE CHLORIDE; CONDITIONED AVERSION; EGG PREDATION; LITTLE EGRET; NIGHT HERON;

EGRETTA GARZETTA; GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 0031720399     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521733     Document Type: Article

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