Test of a digestion optimization model: Effect of variable-reward feeding schedules on digestive performance of a migratory bird

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-169

  McWilliams, Scott R ^a   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Feeding schedule; Optimal digestion model; Risk sensitive foraging Dendroica coronata

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; MIGRATORY BIRD; MODELLING; YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER;

DENDROICA CORONATA;

EID: 0031966583     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050432     Document Type: Article

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