Does intercolony competition for food affect colony choice in Cliff Swallows?

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-128

  Brown, Charles R ^a   Brown, Mary Bomberger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cliff Swallow; Coloniality; Food competition; Foraging; Habitat selection; Petrochelidon pyrrhonota; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; PETROCHELIDON; PETROCHELIDON PYRRHONOTA;

EID: 0036187407     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0117:DICFFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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