Escape decisions of incubating females and sex ratio of juveniles in the Upland Goose Chloephaga picta

Ardea

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-178

  Quillfeldt, Petra ^a,d   Strange, Ian J ^b   Masello, Juan F ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b New Island Conservation Trust   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Falkland Islands; Offspring sex ratio; Parental investment; Predation risk; Sheldgeese; Tadornini

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREDATION RISK; TRADE-OFF; WATERFOWL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

ANSER SP.; CHLOEPHAGA PICTA;

EID: 33644632927     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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