Predator protection or similar habitat selection in red-breasted goose nesting associations: Extremes along a continuum

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-307

  Quinn, John L ^a   Prop, Jouke ^b   Kokorev, Yakov ^c,e   Black, Jeffrey M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Research Institute of Agriculture and Ecology of the Artic   (Russian Federation)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Extreme North Agric Res Inst   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; HABITAT SELECTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA RUFICOLLIS; BUTEO LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; LAGOPUS; NYCTEA SCANDIACA; PEREGRINUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0037327624     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2063     Document Type: Article

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