Geographic variation of the storing behaviour in the Coal Tit Parus ater: Role of winter residency and environmental conditions

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 587-595

  Brotons, Lluís ^a   Haftorn, Svein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EUROPE; NORWAY; PYRENEES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS ATER;

EID: 0032865383     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb07366.x     Document Type: Article

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