The importance of visual cues for nocturnal species: Eagle owl fledglings signal with white mouth feathers

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 934-943

  Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a   Delgado, Maria Del Mar ^a   Alonso Álvarez, Carlos ^b   Pina, Nuria Viqueira ^c   Sergio, Fabrizio ^a   Bartolommei, Paola ^d   Thompson, Lindy J ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c Empresa de Gestión Medio Ambiental S A EGMASA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; FEATHER; FLEDGING; PLUMAGE; RAPTOR; VISUAL CUE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BUBO BUBO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 34548738227     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01414.x     Document Type: Article

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