Prey distribution and foraging preference for tits

Ornithological Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-87

  Hino, Teruaki ^a   Unn, Akira ^a,b   Nakano, Shigeru ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foraging efficiency; Foraging technique; Parus; Prey distribution; Tree species preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644439608     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.1.81     Document Type: Article

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