Testing dynamic variance-sensitive foraging using individual differences in basal metabolic rates of zebra finches

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 545-552

  Mathot, Kimberley J ^a   Godde, Sophie ^a   Careau, Vincent ^b   Thomas, Donald W ^b   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 64149097762     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17357.x     Document Type: Article

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