Vigilance behavior in the Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) during the preincubation period in Labrador: Are males vigilant for self or social partner?

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 241-252

  Squires, Kelly A ^a,c   Martin, Kathy ^a   Goudie, R Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harlequin Duck; Histrionicus histrionicus; Male investment; Mate guarding; Predation risk; Preincubation; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; INCUBATION; MATE GUARDING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVORSHIP; VIGILANCE; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 33846827202     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[241:VBITHD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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