Seasonal variation in naturally occurring mobbing behaviour of drongos (Dicruridae) towards two avian predators

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-32

  Nijman, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Black eagle; Indonesia; Javan hawk eagle; Mobbing

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; MOBBING; NEST GUARDING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DICRURINAE; DICRURUS LEUCOPHAEUS; DICRURUS MACROCERCUS; GALLIFORMES; ICTINAETUS MALAYENSIS; RAPTORES; SPIZAETUS; SPIZAETUS BARTELSI;

EID: 2342453351     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2004.9522651     Document Type: Article

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