Parental behaviour and brood integrity in amalgamated broods of the Common Eider

Wildfowl

Volumn 51, Issue , 2000, Pages 169-179

  Beauchamp, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brood amalgamation; Common Eider; Foraging; St. Lawrence estuary; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BROOD SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; VIGILANCE; WATERFOWL;

CANADA;

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0034464198     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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