Seasonal variation in the effect of cache pilferage on cache and body mass regulation in carolina chickadees: What are the trade-offs?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-200

  Lucas, Jeffrey R ^a   Zielinski, Denise L ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Cache behavior; Cache pilferage; Chickadees; Energy regulation; Fat regulation; Food storing; Foraging behavior; Hoarding behavior; Poecile carolinensis; Seasonal variation; Tits

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CACHING; CAROLINA CHICKADEE; FOOD STEALING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAROLINENSIS; PARIDAE; PARUS CAROLINENSIS; PASSERIFORMES; POECILE CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 0031959001     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.2.193     Document Type: Article

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