Bright plumage in the magpie: Does it increase or reduce the risk of predation?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-49

  Götmark, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Avian coloration; Garrulus glandarius; Pica pica; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; CORVIDAE; GALLIFORMES; GARRULUS; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; PICA; PICA PICA;

EID: 1842369098     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050314     Document Type: Article

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