Foraging Behaviour in Relation to the Lunar Cycle by Australian Owlet-nightjarsAegotheles cristatus
- 22 December 1999
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Emu - Austral Ornithology
- Vol. 99 (4) , 253-261
- https://doi.org/10.1071/mu99031
Abstract
The purpose Of our study was to assess the influence of moonlight on the foraging behaviour of Australian Owlet-nightjars (Aegotheles cristatus), an Australasian caprimulgiform bird. Australian Owl...Keywords
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