Incubating parents serve as visual cues to predators in Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Incubating parents serve as visual cues to predators in Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
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San Francisco: Public Library of Science
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Ground-nesting birds face many challenges to reproduce successfully, with nest predation being the main cause of reproductive failure. Visual predators such as corvids and egg-eating raptors, are among the most common causes of nest failure; thus, parental strategies that reduce the risk of visual nest predation should be favored by selection. To d...
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Incubating parents serve as visual cues to predators in Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2428410182
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2428410182
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0236489
