Introduced mammalian predators induce behavioural changes in parental care in an endemic New Zealand bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Massaro, Melanie ^a   Starling Windhof, Amanda ^a,c   Briskie, James V ^a   Martin, Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXOTIC SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOREST; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MAMMAL; NEST PREDATION; NESTLING; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; PREDATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MELIPHAGIDAE; PHYLIDONYRIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; MAMMALS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NEW ZEALAND; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48449094345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002331     Document Type: Article

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