Courtship feeding, food sharing, or tolerated food theft among paired Red-crested Pochards (Netta rufina)?

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-334

  Amat, Juan A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feeding interactions; Food sharing; Kleptoparasitism; Tolerated food theft

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COURTSHIP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; KLEPTOPARASITISM;

NETTA RUFINA;

EID: 0033940799     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0361.2000.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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