Fear of the dark: Night-time roosting and anti-predation behaviour in the grey partridge (Perdix perdix L.)

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 999-1023

  Tillmann, Jörg E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrared thermal imaging; Perdix perdix; Predation risk; Predator avoidance; Thermography

Indexed keywords

PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 70149103573     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908X398924     Document Type: Article

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