Yellowhammers get fatter in the presence of a predator

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1335-1340

  Lilliendahl, Kristjan ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FORAGING ACTIVITY; PREDATION RISK; YELLOWHAMMER;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; EMBERIA CITRINELLA; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032078765     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0706     Document Type: Article

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