Antipredator strategies mimicry in red-necked nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis

Etologia

Volumn , Issue 6, 1998, Pages 53-59

  Aragonés, Juan ^a   De Reyna, Luis Arias ^b   Recuerda, Pilar ^b  

^a Universidad de Córdoba ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Batesian Mimicry; Caprimulgus ruficollis; Defensive displays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344442976     PISSN: 11303204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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