Patch-leaving decisions in black-capped chickadees

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 289-298

  Roche, John P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE; PATCH USE;

EID: 0030201375     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0174     Document Type: Article

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