Behaviorally induced camouflage: A new mechanism of avian egg protection

American Naturalist

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2015, Pages E91-E97

  Mayani Parás, Fernando ^a   Kilner, Rebecca M ^b   Stoddard, Mary Caswell ^c   Rodríguez, Cristina ^a   Drummond, Hugh ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian eggs; Camouflage; Defense; Plasticity; Predation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRYPSIS; DIGITAL IMAGE; EGG PREDATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; INCUBATION; MICROHABITAT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LARUS HEERMANNI;

SOIL;

ANIMAL; BIRD; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; NESTING; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOIL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOIL;

EID: 84943812426     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: 15375323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/682579     Document Type: Article

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