Unusual incubation sex-roles in the Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 402-404

  St Clair, James J H ^a   Küpper, Clemens ^a   Herrmann, Philipp ^a   Woods, Robin W ^b   Székely, Tamás ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Nest attendance; Nest camera; Parental care; Sex; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GIS; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEABIRD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CHARADRIUS MODESTUS;

EID: 77952504065     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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