Absolute foraging rate and susceptibility to interference competition in blackbirds varies with patch conditions

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 228-236

  Cresswell, Will ^a   Smith, Rik D ^b   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging efficiency; Ideal free distribution; Interference competition

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PASSERINE; PATCH DYNAMICS;

TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0035034269     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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