The influence of density on frequency-dependent food selection: A comparison of four experiments with wild birds

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 391-395

  Weale, Michael E ^a   Whitwell, Diana ^a   Raison, Helen E ^a   Raymond, Deborah L ^a   Allen, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti apostatic selection; Apostatic selection; Artificial prey; Frequency dependent selection; Selective predation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DENSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SELECTION;

EID: 0033857084     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000399     Document Type: Article

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