Risky foraging leads to cost-free mate guarding in male teal Anas crecca

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-254

  Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Arzel, Céline ^a,b,c   Legagneux, Pierre ^d   Elmberg, Johan ^b   Fritz, Hervé ^d   Lepley, Michel ^e   Pin, Christophe ^e   Arnaud, Antoine ^e   Massez, Grégoire ^f  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^f Les Marais du Vigueirat   (France)

Author keywords

Circumannual; Foraging behaviour; Mate guarding; Teal; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; PAIR BOND; RISK PERCEPTION; VIGILANCE;

ANAS; ANAS CRECCA;

EID: 34047123112     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0120-2     Document Type: Article

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