Factors Affecting Sleep/vigilance Behaviour in Incubating Mallards

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-355

  Javůrková, Veronika ^a   Hořák, David ^a   Kreisinger, Jakub ^a   Klvaňa, Petr ^a,b   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EYE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; SLEEP; TRADE-OFF; VIGILANCE; WATERFOWL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES;

EID: 79952404880     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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