Optimal foraging and beyond: How starlings cope with changes in food availability

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 543-561

  Bautista, Luis M ^a,c   Tinbergen, Joost ^b   Wiersma, Popko ^b   Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy budget; Metabolic ceiling; Metabolic rate; Optimal foraging; Starling; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PASSERINE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031667808     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286189     Document Type: Article

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