Foraging behaviour in relation to the lunar cycle by Australian Owlet-nightjars Aegotheles cristatus

Emu

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-261

  Brigham, R Mark ^a,b   Gutsell, Robin C A ^a   Wiacek, Richard S ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LUNAR CYCLE; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALIA;

AEGOTHELES CRISTATUS; AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; CAPRIMULGIFORMES;

EID: 0033381065     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU99031     Document Type: Article

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