Foraging flights of wild rock doves (columba l. livia): A spatio-temporal analysis

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 371-377

  Baldaccini, Natale Emilio ^a   Giunchi, Dimitri ^a   Mongini, Emanuele ^a   Ragionieri, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Columba l. livia; Foraging flights; Rock dove

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 0034473512     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000009356342     Document Type: Article

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