A barn swallow Hirundo rustica roost under attack: Timing and risks in the presence of African Hobbies Falco cuvieri

Ardea

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-48

  Bijlsma, Rob G ^a   Van Den Brink, Bennie ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti predator strategies; Communal roosting; Falco cuvieri; Hirundo rustica; Nigeria; Temporal predation pattern

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PASSERINE; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; SYNCHRONY;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; FALCO CUVIERI; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 28644436202     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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