Winter territoriality and fruit defence by the fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 371-375

  Skórka, Piotr ^a   Babiarz, Tomasz ^a   Skórka, Janusz ^b   Wójcik, Joanna D ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Polish Academy of Sciences ^*

^c INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Food density; Fruit defence; Isolation; Territoriality; Turdus pilaris

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FOOD; TERRITORIALITY; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; TURDIDAE; TURDUS PILARIS;

EID: 33645766970     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0022-8     Document Type: Article

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