Foraging blue tits parus caeruleus may trade-off calorific value of food items and distance from cover

Bird Study

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 232-234

  Allen, Amanda J ^a   Harper, David G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 0034234744     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461178     Document Type: Article

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