Prey Selection by Captive Ovenbirds (Aves: Parulidae)
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Animal Ecology
- Vol. 47 (3) , 929-943
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3679
Abstract
(1) Prey selection by captive ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapillus) is examined in six experiments. (2) Birds chose novel prey types on the basis of size, preferring...This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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