Incubation behaviour in male northern lapwings Vanellus vanellus in relation to mating opportunities and female body condition

Ardea

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-29

  Lislevand, Terje ^a   Byrkjedal, Ingvar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clutch replacement; Incubation; Parental care; Vanellus vanellus

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; POLYGYNY; WADER;

VANELLUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 13644267180     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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