Changes in prey size preferences during successive stages of foraging in the Mediterranean water shrew Neomys anomalus

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-365

  Rychlik, Leszek ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

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EID: 0033414193     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501360     Document Type: Article

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