Sexual differences in vigilance of paired Ruddy Shelduck in winter

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-337

  Quan, Rui Chang ^a,b   Cui, Liang Wei ^a,b   Wen, Xianji ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Grad Sch of Chinese Acad Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

China; Distance; Lake lashihai; Pair; Ruddy shelducks; Sexual difference; Tadorna ferruginea; Vigilance behavior; Winter

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VIGILANCE; WATERFOWL;

CHINA; LIJIANG LASHIHAI LAKE RESERVE; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; TADORNA; TADORNA FERRUGINEA;

EID: 0344704025     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0335:SDIVOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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