Parental recycling of nestling faeces in the common swift

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 631-637

  Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^a   Carere, Claudio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COPROPHAGY; NESTLING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARENTAL CARE;

APODIFORMES; APUS APUS; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032167902     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0839     Document Type: Article

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