Dual function of egg-covering in the Kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Behaviour

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 881-895

  Amat, Juan A ^a   Monsa, Rocío ^a,b   Masero, José A ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egg burial; Egg crypsis; Incubation; Nest attendance; Shorebirds; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 84876224082     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003008     Document Type: Article

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