Influence of age, kinship, and large-scale habitat quality on local foraging choices of Siberian jays

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 503-509

  Nystrand, Magdalena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Feeding site; Predation; Relatedness; Siberian jay; Social groups

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; IMMIGRANT; NEPOTISM; PREDATION; TRADE-OFF;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

ANIMALIA; CORVIDAE; PERISOREUS INFAUSTUS;

EID: 33645751699     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj055     Document Type: Article

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