The functions of belly-soaking in Kentish Plovers Charadrius alexandrinus

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-97

  Amat, Juan A ^a   Masero, Jose A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION; PLUMAGE; THERMOREGULATION; WADER;

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 33846231042     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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