The biologically significant attributes of forest canopies to small birds

Northwest Science

Volumn 70, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 86-93

  Sharpe, Fred ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT DISCRIMINATION;

USA, (NORTHWEST);

PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0029660993     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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