Head ornaments in owls: What are their functions?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 731-736

  Galeotti, Paolo ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; ORNAMENTATION; RAPTOR;

BUBO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 36249031056     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2007.04143.x     Document Type: Article

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