Why does the lesser grey shrike (Lanius Minor) seldom store food? Determinants of impaling in an uncommon storing species

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 1421-1436

  Valera, Francisco ^a   Krištín, Anton ^b   Hoi, Herbert ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOREST ECOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 0035562460     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901317367672     Document Type: Article

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