The reproductive ecology of he common coot (Fulica atra) in the Hauts Plateaux, northeast Algeria

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-139

  Samraoui, Farrah ^a   Samraoui, Boudjema ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Breeding; Common Coot; Conspecific brood parasitism; Ecology; Fulica atra; North Africa; Rallidae; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; NEST SITE; PARASITISM; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SITE SELECTION;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

FULICA ATRA; RALLIDAE;

EID: 34250007132     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0133:TREOTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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