Linking individual foraging behavior and population spatial distribution in patchy environments: A field example with mediterranean blue tits

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 434-442

  Pulido, Fernando J ^a,b   Díaz, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food abundance; Habitat structure; Individual foraging behavior; Parus caeruleus; Population distribution

Indexed keywords

BLUE TIT; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PATCHY ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FAGACEAE; PARUS CAERULEUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 1842292206     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050256     Document Type: Article

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