Causes and Consequences of Variation in Parental Defense Behavior by Tree Swallows
- 1 May 1992
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 94 (2) , 502-520
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1369222
Abstract
In a three-year experimental study of parental defense behavior in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), I presented live ferrets and rat snakes to parents in th...Keywords
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