Time of day and flightiness in flocks of semipalmated sandpipers

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-275

  Beauchamp, Guy ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flightiness; Light intensity; Peregrine falcons; Predation risk; Semipalmated Sandpipers

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS PUSILLA; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCONIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 67649840804     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8484     Document Type: Article

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