Does diurnal variation in body mass affect take-off ability in wintering willow tits?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 227-233

  Kullberg, Cecilia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FAT RESERVE; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK;

AVES; PARUS MONTANUS; PASSERIFORMES; SALIX;

EID: 0032126032     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0765     Document Type: Article

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