An experimental analysis of spatial position effects on foraging and vigilance in brown-headed cowbird flocks

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-114

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Beauchamp, Guy ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SPATIAL VARIATION; VIGILANCE;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 38149000727     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01433.x     Document Type: Article

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