A case of infanticide in the Spot-billed Duck in circumstances of high breeding density

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-88

  Shimada, Tetsuo ^a,d   Kuwabara, Kazuyuki ^b   Yamakoshi, Saori ^c   Shichi, Tomomi ^c  

^a Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma Uchinuma Environmental Foundation   (Japan)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Yatsuhigata Nature Observation Center   (Japan)

^d Waterbird Society of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Spot billed Duck

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS POECILORHYNCHA; ANAS SP.; ANAS STREPERA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; STREPERA;

EID: 0036383232     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-002-0058-7     Document Type: Article

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