Time in captivity, individual differences and foraging behaviour in wild-caught chaffinches

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 535-548

  Butler, S J ^a,b,e   Whittingham, M J ^c   Quinn, J L ^a   Cresswell, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Habituation; Predation risk; Settling in period; Starvation risk; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS;

EID: 33748934751     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906776240632     Document Type: Article

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