Visual perception and social foraging in birds

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-31

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Erichsen, Jonathan T ^b   Kacelnik, Alex ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

AVES;

EID: 0346432509     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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