Long-distance calling by the willow tit, Poecile montanus, facilitates formation of mixed-species foraging flocks

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-16

  Suzuki, Toshitaka N ^a,b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; PASSERINE; PATCHINESS; PREDATION RISK; PROBABILITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AVES; PARUS MONTANUS; SALIX;

EID: 83055180605     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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