Cost can increase preference in starlings

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-250

  Kacelnik, Alex ^a   Marsh, Barnaby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0036055737     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1900     Document Type: Article

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