The painted redstart (Myioborus pictus L.) search rate of a cryptic versus conspicuous prey: A field test of optimal search models

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-388

  Jabłoński, Piotr G ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flush pursue; Foraging; Myioborus pictus; Search rates

Indexed keywords

CRYPSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREY LOCATION;

AVES; CRYPSIS; HUMULUS; MYIOBORUS PICTUS; SETOPHAGA;

EID: 0141673336     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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