The effect of variability in the food supply on the daily singing routines of European robins: A test of a stochastic dynamic programming model

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 365-369

  Thomas, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; SONG;

ERITHACUS RUBECULA;

EID: 0033083832     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0970     Document Type: Article

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