Roosting behaviour of the tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 501-507

  Körtner, Gerhard ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Behavioural thermoregulation; Predator avoidance; Roost selection; Season; Tawny frogmouth

Indexed keywords

PREDATION RISK; ROOSTING; SITE SELECTION; THERMOREGULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

PODARGUS STRIGOIDES;

EID: 0033179847     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999008092     Document Type: Article

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