Tannin and protein in the diet of a food-hoarding granivore, the Western Scrub-Jay

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 474-482

  Fleck, David C ^a,c   Tomback, Diana F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

acorns; Aphelocoma; dietary interactions; oaks; protein; Quercus; Scrub Jay; tannins

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; AVES; QUERCUS; QUERCUS GAMBELII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029802804     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369561     Document Type: Article

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