Length of feeding day and body weight of great tits in a single- and two-predator environment

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-153

  Krams, Indriķis ^a  

^a DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Birds; Body reserves; Foraging activity; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; FEEDING; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK;

ACCIPITER NISUS; GLAUCIDIUM PASSERINUM; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0033880577     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000214     Document Type: Article

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