Long-term hoarding in the Paridae: A dynamic model

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 178-185

  Brodin, Anders ^a,b   Clark, Colin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal climate; dynamic modeling; food hoarding; long term hoarding; Paridae

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CACHE; CHICKADEE; FAT; FORAGING; HOARDING; TIT;

PARIDAE;

EID: 0030620119     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.2.178     Document Type: Article

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