Parasitic common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) females lay preferentially in safe neighbourhoods

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-35

  Pöysä, Hannu ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bucephala clangula; Conspecific brood parasitism; Experience; Nest predation

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; BUCEPHALA; BUCEPHALA CLANGULA; CLANGULA;

EID: 0038538180     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0596-1     Document Type: Article

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