The effects of food availability and distance to protective cover on the winter foraging behaviour of tits (Aves: Parus)

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 312-320

  Walther, B ^a,b,c   Gosler, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Discrimination experiment; Optimal foraging; Winter flocks

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0034772038     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100713     Document Type: Article

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