Vigilance and the functional response of granivorous foragers

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1281-1290

  Baker, David J ^a,b   Stillman, Richard A ^a   Smith, Barbara M ^c   Bullock, James M ^b   Norris, Ken J ^d  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmland birds; Foraging behaviour; Mechanistic models

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GAMEBIRD; GRANIVORY; HANDLING TIME; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDATION RISK; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIGILANCE;

AVES; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 78649559548     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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