Do northern lapwings Vanellus vanellus and little ringed plovers Charadrius dubius rely on egg crypsis during incubation?

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-51

  Šálek, Miroslav ^a   Cepáková, Eva ^b  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antipredator strategies; Cryptic coloration; Escape reaction; Nest predation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; COLONIAL BREEDING; EGG; NEST GUARDING; PREDATOR;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS DUBIUS; CICONIIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE; VANELLUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 33646361317     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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