Quantifying the interaction between food density and habitat structure in determining patch selection

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 337-343

  Butler, S J ^a,b   Whittingham, M J ^a   Quinn, J L ^a   Cresswell, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS;

EID: 11844292841     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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