The effect of predator presence on body mass in captive greenfinches

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-81

  Lilliendahl, Kristjan ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FAT RESERVE; GREENFINCH; PREDATION RISK; STARVATION; TRADE-OFF;

CARDUELIS CHLORIS;

EID: 0030620665     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0279     Document Type: Article

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