Artificial colour mutation: Do red-painted great tits experience increased or decreased predation?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-91

  Götmark, Frank ^a   Olsson, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR MUTATION; GREAT TIT; PREY VULNERABILITY; SPARROWHAWK;

ACCIPITER NISUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0030620671     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0280     Document Type: Article

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