Dancing in the moonlight: evidence that Killdeer foraging behaviour varies with the lunar cycle

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 253-262

  Eberhart Phillips, Luke J ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charadrius vociferus; Chronobiology; Plover; Roosting behaviour; Trade off

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LUNAR CYCLE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; ROOSTING; TRADE-OFF; WINTER;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS; INVERTEBRATA; RAPTORES;

EID: 85010685481     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-016-1389-4     Document Type: Article

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