Shared care provides time-budgeting advantages for female eiders

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-231

  Öst, Markus ^a   Mantila, Lili ^b   Kilpi, Mikael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Hagelstamska Högstadiet   (Spain)

^c Åbo Akademi University and Sydväst Polytechnic   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; TIME ALLOCATION; VIGILANCE; WATERFOWL;

ANAS SP.; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0036397045     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3064     Document Type: Article

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