Brood desertion and polygamous breeding in the Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 596-607

  Amat, Juan A ^a   Fraga, Rosendo M ^a   Arroyo, Gonzalo M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST DESERTION; PARENTAL CARE; POLYGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHOREBIRD;

CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; CICONIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; GELOCHELIDON NILOTICA;

EID: 0032831439     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb07367.x     Document Type: Article

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