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Long- term effects of previous experience determine nutrient discrimination abilities in birds

BACKGROUND: Foraging behaviour is an essential ecological process linking different trophic levels. A central assumption of foraging theory is that food selection maximises the fitness of the consumer. It remains unknown, however, whether animals use innate or learned behaviour to discriminate food...

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Autores principales: Schaefer, H Martin, Spitzer, Kathrin, Bairlein, Franz
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2267778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18291043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-5-4