The effect of clutch cooling rate on starling, Sturnus vulgaris, incubation strategy

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1161-1167

  Reid, J M ^a   Monaghan, P ^b   Ruxton, G D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES; STURNUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033452056     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1241     Document Type: Article

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