Recaching Decisions of Florida Scrub-Jays are Sensitive to Ecological Conditions

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 700-707

  Kulahci, Ipek G ^a,b   Bowman, Reed ^a  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHING; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROHABITAT; PASSERINE; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANIMALIA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; CORVIDAE;

EID: 79960356587     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01924.x     Document Type: Article

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