Plastic daily fattening routines in willow tits

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 816-823

  Koivula, Kari ^a   Orell, Markku ^a   Lahti, Kimmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Daily mass gain; Food predictability; Predation; Starvation; Willow tit; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

FAT RESERVE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS MONTANUS; PASSERIFORMES; SALIX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036742088     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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