Effects of light and prey availability on nocturnal, lunar and seasonal activity of tropical nightjars

Oikos

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 627-639

  Jetz, Walter ^a,b   Steffen, Jan ^c   Linsenmair, Karl Eduard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LUNAR CYCLE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA;

CAPRIMULGIDAE; CAPRIMULGUS CLIMACURUS; INSECTA; MACRODIPTERYX LONGIPENNIS;

EID: 0345015446     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12856.x     Document Type: Article

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