Avian seed preference and weight loss experiments: the effect of fungal endophyte-infected tall fescue seeds

Oecologia

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 296-302

  Madej, Cynthia Wolock ^a   Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Fungal endophyte; Passerines; Seed preference; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN TREE SPARROW; CHIPPING SPARROW; DARK-EYED JUNCO; FESCUE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FUNGAL ENDOPHYTE; HOUSE SPARROW; SONG SPARROW; TALL FESCUE;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; JUNCO HYEMALIS; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; SPIZELLA ARBOREA; SPIZELLA PUSILLA;

EID: 0026340271     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00320825     Document Type: Article

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