Food avoidance by adult house finches, Carpodacus mexicanus, affects seed preferences of offspring

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1279-1283

  Avery, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARPODACUS MEXICANUS;

FOOD PREFERENCE; HOUSE FINCH;

EID: 0030153422     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0132     Document Type: Article

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