Nocturnal egg neglect and prolonged incubation in the Red-necked Grebe

Waterbirds

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 485-491

  Nuechterlein, Gary L ^a   Buitron, Deborah ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg neglect; Nocturnal abandonment; Podiceps grisegina; Prolonged incubation; Red necked Grebe

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE; WATERFOWL;

ANATIDAE; PODICEPS; PODICEPS GRISEGENA; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 0036946479     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2002)025[0485:nenapi]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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