Predation risk and foraging behaviour: An experimental study of birds at feeders

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 668-675

  Giesbrecht, Debra S ^a,b   Ankney, C Davison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird feeder; Distance to cover; Foraging behaviour; London; Ontario; Passerines; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK;

CANADA;

CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; JUNCO HYEMALIS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS; SITTA CANADENSIS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 0032194443     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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