Management of fat reserves in tufted titmice (Parus bicolor): Evidence against a trade-off with food hoards

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-62

  Pravosudov, Vladimir V ^a   Grubb Jr , Thomas C ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy management; Fattening; Food caching; Starvation risk; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY FAT; CACHING; TRADE-OFF;

PARUS BICOLOR;

EID: 0031966033     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050411     Document Type: Article

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