The capacity to escape from predators in Passer domesticus: An experimental study;Das Fluchtvermögen von Haussperlingen gegenüber Räubern (Passer domesticus): Eine experimentelle Studie

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 438-444

  Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flight ability; Manoeuvrability; Morphology; Predation; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; MORPHOMETRY; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AVES; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0344552024     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0361.2003.03043.x     Document Type: Article

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