Parental cooperation in an extreme hot environment: Natural behaviour and experimental evidence

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-243

  AlRashidi, Monif ^a,e   Kosztolányi, András ^b   Shobrak, Mohammed ^c   Küpper, Clemens ^d   Székely, Tamás ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charadrius alexandrinus; Harsh environment; Incubation; Kentish plover; Parental care

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA SET; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT TYPE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; WADER;

ANIMALIA; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 79960560522     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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