Experimental evidence that nesting ducks use mammalian urine to assess predator abundance

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 638-644

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

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Fitness; Habitat selection; Nest; Predator detection; Risk assessment; Ultraviolet; Urine; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; MAMMALIA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84900856497     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.12040     Document Type: Article

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