The effect of handling time on interference among house sparrows foraging at different seed densities

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 597-614

  Johnson, Cheryl A ^a   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a,b   Grant, James W A ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0035601675     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901316924494     Document Type: Article

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