Food supply for settling male rock pipits affects territory size

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Arvidsson, Björn ^b   Askenmo, Conny ^a   Neergaard, Raimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ABUNDANCE; FOOD INTAKE; ROCK PIPIT; TERRITORY SIZE;

ANTHUS PETROSUS;

EID: 0031194372     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0442     Document Type: Article

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