The energetic costs of alternative rate currencies in the foraging starling

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1303-1307

  Bateson, Melissa ^a   Whitehead, Siân C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001447581     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265602     Document Type: Note

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