Effect of hunger on starlings' preferences for food sources associated with variability or uncertainty

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1223-1235

  Talling, Janet C ^a   Inglis, Ian R ^a   Van Driel, Katja S ^a   Young, John ^a   Giles, Sarah ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036708830     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390260437353     Document Type: Article

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