Effect of Daily Body Mass Variation on the Foraging Behaviour of Tit Species (Parus spp.)

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 971-979

  Barluenga, Marta ^a   Barbosa, Andrés ^a   Moreno, Eulalia ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS CRISTATUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0345768854     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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