Eye size and the time of arrival of birds at garden feeding stations in winter

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 903-908

  Ockendon, Nancy ^a   Davis, Sarah E ^a   Toms, Mike P ^a   Mukherjee, Sarah ^b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b BBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eye size; Feeding behaviour; Garden birds; Visual sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GARDEN; VISION; WINTER;

AVES;

EID: 70349755642     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0412-4     Document Type: Article

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