Female foraging and male vigilance in white-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus): Opportunism or behavioural coordination?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 429-434

  Artiss, Thomas ^a,d   Hochachka, Wesley M ^b,d   Martin, Kathy ^c,d  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foraging; Lagopus leucurus; Time budgets; Vigilance; White tailed ptarmigan

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VIGILANCE;

LAGOPUS LEUCURUS;

EID: 0032728280     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050639     Document Type: Article

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