Effects of caching on acorn tannin levels and blue jay dietary performance

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 756-764

  Dixon, Mark D ^a,c   Johnson, W Carter ^a   Adkisson, Curtis S ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorns; Caching; Cyanocitta cristata; Jays; Oaks; Quercus; Tannins

Indexed keywords

CYANOCITTA; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; MACROCARPA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MACROCARPA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0030794061     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370486     Document Type: Article

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