Why defaecate on your doorstep? Investigating an unusual behaviour in Africa’s smallest falcon

Autor:	Claire N. Spottiswoode, Billi A Krochuk, Anthony M. Lowney, Robert L. Thomson, Diana Bolopo, Rajendra Mg Raman, Paul R. Meyers
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	0106 biological sciences Nest Disease exposure Zoology Parasite hosting Biology Falcon 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences computer Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 010605 ornithology computer.programming_language
Zdroj:	Ostrich. 89:307-314
ISSN:	1727-947X 0030-6525
Popis:	Depositing faeces at the nest should be expected to carry risks such as increased parasite loads and disease exposure. This perplexing behaviour is unusual in birds but is consistently shown by a h...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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