A simple technique to manipulate foraging costs in seed-eating birds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1225-1229

  Koetsier, Egbert ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energetics; Net intake rate; Time budget

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINCHES; SEASONS; SEEDS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79954988190     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.050336     Document Type: Article

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