Vigilance in Greater Flamingos foraging at night

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 511-520

  Beauchamp, G ^a   McNeil, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; VIGILANCE; WADER;

AVES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0038307636     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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