Does substrate quality influence take-off decisions in Common Starlings?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-105

  Bonser, R H C ^a   Norman, A P ^a   Rayner, J M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bird; Force; Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PASSERINE; SUBSTRATE;

STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032999520     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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