How different provisioning strategies result in equal rates of food delivery: An experimental study of blue tits Parus caeruleus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 331-341

  Grieco, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; PREY SELECTION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 0036950285     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2002.02908.x     Document Type: Article

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