Predicting the functional response of a farmland bird

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 723-730

  Stillman, R A ^a   Simmons, V L ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural change; Food competition; Foraging behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTIFICIAL DIET; FOOD SELECTION; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HANDLING TIME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; PREDICTION; SWARD;

AVES; CORVUS FRUGILEGUS;

EID: 33745901638     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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