Effects of physical and visual access to prey on patch selection and food search effort in a sit-and-wait predator, the black phoebe

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 150-158

  Gall, Megan D ^a   Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Phoebe; Chromatic contrast; Flycatcher; Food search; Foraging; Habitat structure; Sayornis nigricans; Sit and wait predator

Indexed keywords

SAYORNIS NIGRICANS;

EID: 67650309069     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080016     Document Type: Article

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