Searching in patches by European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-159

  Dall, Sasha R X ^a   Cuthill, Innes C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area concentrated search; Patch use; Prey distribution; Search strategy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR;

STURNUS VULGARIS;

AREA-CONCENTRATED SEARCH; FORAGING; PATCH USE; STARLING;

EID: 0030609657     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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