Habitat distributions of wintering sparrows: Foraging success in a transplant experiment

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 452-460

  Repasky, Richard R ^a,b   Schluter, Dolph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Food; Foraging success; Habitat; Habitat partitioning; Sonoran desert; Sparrow; Transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

AMPHISPIZA BELLI; AMPHISPIZA BILINEATA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; JUNCO HYEMALIS; PASSERIDAE; SALVIA;

BLACK-THROATED SPARROW; DARK-EYED JUNCO; FORAGING SUCCESS; HABITAT PARTITIONING; SAGE SPARROW; TRANSPLANT EXPERIMENT; WINTERING;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 0030417418     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265621     Document Type: Article

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