Effects of day-length and food availability on food caching, mass and fat reserves in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 465-469

  Karpouzos, Helen ^a   Hernandez, Alexandra M ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Elizabeth A ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy reserves; Food storing; Foraging; Parus atricapillus; Photoperiodism; Poecile atricapilla

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD STORAGE; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 14844293923     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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