Foraging patch selection and departure by non-omniscient foragers: A field example in white-fronted geese

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 544-553

  Amano, Tatsuya ^a   Ushiyama, Katsumi ^b   Fujita, Go ^a   Higuchi, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Environmental Management Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PADDY FIELD; PREDATOR;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS; ANSER SP.;

EID: 33744494557     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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