The effect of thermal microclimate on foraging site selection by wintering mountain chickadees

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 114-122

  Wachob, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging site selection; Mountain Chickadee; Parus; Parus gambeli; Thermal microclimate; Winter foraging; Winter microclimate

Indexed keywords

PARUS GAMBELI;

EID: 0030065972     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369514     Document Type: Article

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