A comparative analysis of vigilance in birds

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1267-1276

  Beauchamp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Group size; Independent contrasts; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUP SIZE; PREDATION RISK; VIGILANCE;

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EID: 77955768943     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9358-5     Document Type: Article

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