Why do grebes cover their nests? Laboratory and field tests of two alternative hypotheses

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-22

  Prokop, Pavol ^a,b   Trnka, Alfréd ^a  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anti predation; Nest crypsis; Tachybaptus ruficollis; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AVES; PODICIPEDIDAE; TACHYBAPTUS RUFICOLLIS;

EID: 78650511350     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-010-0214-4     Document Type: Article

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