Wild bird feeding delays start of dawn singing in the great tit

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 361-365

  Saggese, Katja ^a,b   Korner Nievergelt, Fränzi ^c,d   Slagsvold, Tore ^b   Amrhein, Valentin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Oikostat GmbH   (Switzerland)

^e Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne   (France)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Foraging; Great tit; Laying date; Parus major; Song length; Territorial intruder; Territory defence; Urban ecology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SEASONALITY; SONG; TERRITORIALITY; URBANIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 78751604036     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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