Low incubation investment in the burrow-nesting Crab PloverDromas ardeolapermits extended foraging on a tidal food resource

Authors :: Giorgio Chiozzi
Giuseppe De Marchi
Mauro Fasola
Giacomo Dell'Omo
Source :: Ibis. 157:31-43
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Wiley, 2014.
Abstract: We used GPS data-loggers, video-recordings and dummy eggs to assess whether foraging needs may force the low incubation attentiveness (

Subjects :: biology
Ecology
Foraging
Zoology
Burrow
biology.organism_classification
Predation
Nest
Crab-plover
Seasonal breeder
Animal Science and Zoology
Wader
Incubation
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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