Foraging behavior of urban birds: Are human commensals less sensitive to predation risk than their nonurban counterparts?

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 772-776

  Tsurim, Ido ^a   Abramsky, Zvika ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Competition; Foraging behavior; Predation; Seed trays; Sparrows; Urban ecosystem

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 67649661876     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8572     Document Type: Article

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