Avian nest defence behaviour: Assessment in relation to predator distance and type, and nest height

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-313

  Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a   Fessl, Birgit ^b   Hoi, Herbert ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; NEST GUARDING; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; ACROCEPHALUS MELANOPOGON; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MUSTELA ERMINEA; PHRAGMITES; SERPENTES;

EID: 11844301364     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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