Parid foraging choices in urban habitat and their consequences for fitness

Ibis

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 591-605

  Mackenzie, Julia A ^a   Hinsley, Shelley A ^b   Harrison, Nancy M ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Breeding success; Compositional analysis; Exotic flora; Foraging behaviour; Great tit; Habitat preferences; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85032069590     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12166     Document Type: Article

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