Food finding and the influence of information, local enhancement, and communal roosting on foraging success of North American vultures

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 473-488

  Buckley, Neil J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CATHARTES; CATHARTES AURA; CICONIIDAE; CORAGYPS; CORAGYPS ATRATUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0012495779     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088913     Document Type: Article

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