Effects of feeding height and distance from protective cover on the foraging behavior of wintering birds

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 880-890

  Lee, Ya Fu ^a   Kuo, Yen Min ^a,b   Bollinger, Eric K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FEEDING CONDITIONS; FEEDING HEIGHT; PROTECTIVE COVER;

BIODIVERSITY;

AVIFAUNA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; OVERWINTERING; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS BICOLOR; PARUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 27644548918     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z05-079     Document Type: Article

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