Increased nest defence of upland-nesting ducks in response to experimentally reduced risk of nest predation

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-67

  Dassow, John A ^a   Eichholz, Michael W ^a   Stafford, Joshua D ^b   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; NEST GUARDING; NEST PREDATION; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION RISK; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84858748712     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05385.x     Document Type: Article

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