A taste for novelty in invading house sparrows, Passer domesticus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 702-707

  Martin II, Lynn B ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Lisa ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Invasive species; Neophobia; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; PASSERINE; RANGE EXPANSION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COLON [PANAMA]; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PRINCETON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 25444512027     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari044     Document Type: Article

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