Foraging behavior and predation risk in male and female Eurasian Blackbirds (Turdus merula) during the breeding season

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 162-170

  Post, Peter ^a,b   Götmark, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b County Administration ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accipiter nisus; Crypsis; Eurasian Blackbirds; Eurasian Sparrowhawks; Feeding; Predator; Sex; Songbirds; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COLOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; PASSERI; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 32344452223     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[0162:FBAPRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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