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Nest protection in mallards Anas platyrhynchos: untangling the role of crypsis and parental behaviour

2008-10-01

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1. The covering of clutches with nest material is generally considered to improve the thermal environment of developing embryos. Here we tested an alternative hypothesis: that this behaviour reduces the risk of clutch detection by predators and hence, fulfils a cryptic anti-predation function in a ground-nesting non-passerine bird, the mallard. In addition, we assess the anti-predation function of the direct prese...

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01445.x

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