Living on the edge: Range edge birds consume novel foods sooner than established ones

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1089-1096

  Liebl, Andrea L ^a,b   Martin, Lynn B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; flexibility; house sparrow; invasive; novelty; range expansion

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PERSISTENCE; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

KENYA;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84908290203     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru089     Document Type: Article

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