Predators of Quail eggs, and the evidence of the remains: Implications for nest predation studies

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 395-399

  Marini, Miguel  ^a,b   Melo, Celine ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial nests; Egg remains; Nest predation; Predator behavior

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX COTURNIX;

EID: 0031982473     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370284     Document Type: Article

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