Comment on "Vegetation height and egg coloration differentially affect predation rate and overheating risk: An experimental test mimicking a ground-nesting bird"

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1359-1360

  Ruxton, Graeme D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Egg coloration; Egg overheating; Egg pigmentation; Incubation; Nest attendance

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; EGG PREDATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INCUBATION; PIGMENT;

AVES;

EID: 84868333313     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z2012-035     Document Type: Article

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