The influence of a hot environment on parental cooperation of a ground-nesting shorebird, the Kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  AlRashidi, Monif ^a   Kosztolányi, András ^b   Küpper, Clemens ^a   Cuthill, Innes C ^c   Javed, Salim ^d   Székely, Tamás ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 76749096797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-7-1     Document Type: Article

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