Differences in daily mass gain between subordinate species are explained by differences in ecological plasticity

Ecoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 437-440

  Barluenga, M ^a   Barbosa, A ^a   Moreno, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass; Competition; Ecological plasticity; Fat reserves; Foraging behaviour; Morphological design; Parus spp.; Tit

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FAT RESERVE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLASTICITY;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS ATER; PARUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 0035672895     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2001.11682672     Document Type: Article

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