Dietary protein selection in a free-ranging urban population of common myna birds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 219-227

  Machovsky Capuska, Gabriel E ^a   Senior, Alistair M ^a   Zantis, Simon P ^a   Barna, Katherine ^a   Cowieson, Aaron J ^b   Pandya, Sarika ^a   Pavard, Christophe ^c   Shiels, Michael ^d   Raubenheimer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

aggression; birds; invasive species; macronutrient selection; protein

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CARBOHYDRATE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PASSERINE; PROTEIN; URBAN POPULATION;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AVES; HEXAPODA; STURNUS;

EID: 84964507566     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv142     Document Type: Article

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