Swooping in the Suburbs; Parental Defence of an Abundant Aggressive Urban Bird against Humans

SIMPLE SUMMARY: We studied the defensive behaviour of 94 pairs of nesting Masked Lapwings, Vanellus miles, in response to two types of human stimuli: a pedestrian and a person pushing a lawn mower. We also examined the effectiveness of a commonly promoted deterrent to swooping (the presence of mock...

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Autores principales: Lees, Daniel, Sherman, Craig D. H., Maguire, Grainne S., Dann, Peter, Cardilini, Adam P. A., Weston, Michael A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26479532
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani3030754

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26479532
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani3030754

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