Fruit colour preferences of redwings (Turdus iliacus): Experiments with hand-raised juveniles and wild-caught adults

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 445-457

  Honkavaara, Johanna ^a   Siitari, Heli ^a   Viitala, Jussi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; PASSERINE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS; TURDUS ILIACUS;

EID: 3042697473     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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