Diurnal foraging routines in a tropical bird, the rock finch Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis: How important is predation risk?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-94

  Brandt, Miriam J ^a   Cresswell, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LAGONOSTICTA SANGUINODORSALIS;

EID: 58249102951     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04389.x     Document Type: Article

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