Sib-sib communication and the risk of prey theft in the barn owl Tyto alba

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 593-598

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Colliard, Caroline ^a   Russier, Flavien ^a   Fleury, Matthieu ^a   Grandjean, Valentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD PROVISIONING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NESTLING; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; RAPTOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROBBING; SIBLING; VOCALIZATION;

STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 56049117203     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04472.x     Document Type: Article

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