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Tageszeitliche Steigerung der Feindabwehr der Flußseeschwalbe(Sterna hirundo)

Increasing antipredator behaviour of Common Terns(Sterna hirundo) with daytime

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The number of attacks of Common Terns towards a man intruding into a tern colony during chick stage increased from morning to evening.

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  1. Institut für Vogelforschung „Vogelwarte Helgoland“, An der Vogelwarte 21, D-2940, Wilhelmshaven 15

    Peter H. Becker

  2. Lehrstuhl f. Physiologische Ökologie, Zoologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, Weyertal 119, D-5000, Köln 41

    Peter Finck

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Becker, P.H., Finck, P. Tageszeitliche Steigerung der Feindabwehr der Flußseeschwalbe(Sterna hirundo) . J Ornithol 125, 336–339 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01640483

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