Prey detection in two tit species, Parus ater and P. cristatus

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-349

  Kothbauer Hellmann, Renate ^a   Winkler, Hans ^a,b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b KLIVV   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARUS ATER; PARUS CRISTATUS;

COAL TIT; CRESTED TIT; CRYPTIC PREY; PREY DETECTION;

EID: 0030617122     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00023.x     Document Type: Article

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