Effects of season, water and predation risk on patch use by birds on the African savannah

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 637-645

  Molokwu, Mary Ngozi ^a,b   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^b   Ottosson, Ulf ^a   Olsson, Ola ^a,b  

^a AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute   (Nigeria)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dry tropics; Foraging behavior; Giving up density; Seasonal variation; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOENERGETICS; BIRD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRANIVORY; MICROHABITAT; PATCH USE; PREDATION RISK; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOT TEMPERATURE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 77958015910     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1781-3     Document Type: Article

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