Avian prey-dropping behavior. I. The effects of prey characteristics and prey loss

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-219

  Switzer, Paul V ^a   Cristol, Daniel A ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic state variable model; Foraging behavior; Kleptoparasitism; Prey dropping

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0033010680     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.3.213     Document Type: Article

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