Neighbour-stranger discrimination in the little owl, Athene noctua

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-112

  Hardouin, Loïc A ^a   Tabel, Pierre ^a   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; RAPTOR;

ATHENE NOCTUA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33745438933     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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