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[Book review] Audubon Wildlife Report 1987, edited by Roger L. Di Silvestro [Book review] Audubon Wildlife Report 1987, edited by Roger L. Di Silvestro

Review of: Audubon Wildlife Report 1987. Edited by Roger L. Di Silvestro. Summer 1987, 690 pp., $39.95, ISBN: 0.12.04100.1.
Authors
C. Schonewald-Cox

Experimental evidence for sibling recognition in Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) Experimental evidence for sibling recognition in Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)

Young Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) did not respond preferentially to calls of siblings at 8 and 9 days of age, but did so by 12 days of age. In experiments with and without visual isolation, and with use of playback, we demonstrated a tendency to approach sibling begging calls. This differential response indicated sibling-recognition occurred, was based on experience, and involved vocal...
Authors
J. Burger, M. Gochfeld, W.I. Boarman

Fall and winter foods of northern pintails in the Sacramento Valley, California Fall and winter foods of northern pintails in the Sacramento Valley, California

Food habits of northern pintails (Anas acuta) were investigated on 3 national wildlife refuges in the western portion of the Sacramento Valley, California, from August to March 1979-82. Pintails consumed >97% (aggregate % dry wt) plant food during diurnal foraging on national wildlife refuge rice, summer- irrigated, and summer-dry habitats from August through January. Invertebrate use...
Authors
Michael R. Miller
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