Vigilance in urban Swan Geese and their hybrids

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-384

  Randler, Christoph ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anser cygnoides; Hybrids; Many eyes hypothesis; Swan goose; Urban environment; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HYBRID; VIGILANCE; WATERFOWL;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; HEIDELBERG;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER CYGNOIDES; ANSER SP.; AVES; CYGNUS;

EID: 0344272220     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0257:viusga]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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