Risk taking and flushing distance: A way of parental investment in the pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)

Etologia

Volumn , Issue 5, 1997, Pages 83-90

  Aragones J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flushing distance; Nest defense; Nyctidromus albicollis; Parental investment; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344442977     PISSN: 11303204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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