The effect of group size on mean food intake rate in birds

Biological Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-472

  Beauchamp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Birds; Food type; Group size; Mean food intake rate; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040419158     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1998.tb00179.x     Document Type: Article

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