Food handling time of Blue Tit chicks: Constraints and adaptation to different prey types

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-270

  Bañbura, Jerzy ^a,b   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^a   Blondel, Jacques ^a   Perret, Philippe ^a   Cartan Son, Mireille ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HANDLING TIME; NESTLING; PREY SIZE;

ARANEAE; GALLUS GALLUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0344172618     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677352     Document Type: Article

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