Age-related feeding site selection in urban pigeons (Columbia livia): Experimental evidence of the competition

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 144-149

  Sol, Daniel ^a   Santos, David M ^b   Cuadrado, Mariano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Parc Zoològic de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SITE SELECTION;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBIA LIVIA; COLUMBIFORMES;

EID: 0034107722     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-78-1-144     Document Type: Article

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