The Importance of Flavour in Determining the Feeding Preferences of Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) for the Buds of Two Pear Cultivars
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Applied Ecology
- Vol. 22 (1) , 29-37
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2403323
Abstract
(1) Wild bullfinches feeding on the buds of orchard pear trees are known to prefer the cultivar 'Conference' to 'Doyenne du Comice', which diffe...This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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