Nest crypsis, reproductive value of a clutch and escape decisions in incubating female mallards anas platyrhynchos

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 603-613

  Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,b   Klvaňa, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; NESTING; REPRODUCTION; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; CRYPSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4043124786     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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