Why do both parents incubate in the Kentish plover?

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 645-658

  Kosztolányi, András ^a   Székely, Tamás ^b   Cuthill, Innes C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; WADER;

AVES; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; GALLIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 17144448612     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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